New Run Game Bash Concepts-Counter, zone, wrap and More!
BASH AND QB READ POWER
This post will look at the bash play and how it is utilized in playbooks. The term bash came from meaning the read comes to the direction the running back or jet man is going. This is a designed read that can be a give to the rb on the perimeter with a handoff or a man in jet motion. Either are effective. The 2nd component is the power element if the player being read plays the rb or jet man. Thus, it becomes a qb run if the player you are reading stays outside, usually some type of gap scheme going in the opposite direction or at times in the same direction.
Bash
The bash read stands for back away and involves the running back running backside sweep in direction, and the line blocking frontside for the quarterback should he pull the ball. The beauty of the bash concept is that it goes with any run play. You can change the scheme for the qb which is the great part of the play and what makes it so hard to defend.
You will see it with some of the following schemes:
1. Counter
2. Power
3.Inside Zone
4. G/T wrap (below)
These are just some of the ways and we will look more closely at them.
More video clips are at the end of the article!
COUNTER BASH
The Ravens are one of the best at it. They run it here with their jet motion.
On 1st and 10 in the red zone, the Ravens run it again for 17 yards. Lamar gets another give read and a great lead block from the rb. The giants are in a weird alignment with de in a 4i which makes this an easy give and they are outnumbered weak with only 3 players on the weak side.
You can see the g/t counter element with the guard and tackle pulling.
Here the Ravens run it vs the Bengals
TE on the left- arcs to LB
RG-Pulls and logs the DE
RT-PUlls and blocks CB
WR-find blocks on the safety
You can see the DE sit so the qb keeps the ball. Establish good angles on the perimeter.
Nice find block by the wr and you can see the tackle getting on the cb. Nice job by the TE sealing the Play side LB. Excellent execution on the front side blocking.
Here’s the clip!
Ravens Bash Concept
You seee the front side LB and DE widen and Lamar decides to pull it as their are 3 players on the edge and the read key dictates pull the football. He pulls it and keeps it.
Here’s the clip
Same clip
Ole Miss Counter Bash
Ole Miss runs it vs the tite front,
Read- play side LB, he dips inside and they get 3x3 on the perimeter.
2. Same Side Power/Wrap Read Play
Concept is running the run action to the same side of the action. This is a same side concept where the run action is going in the direction of the run play.
You will see teams run power read or wrap read to the same side. Some teams cal it a dart scheme. They will read the DE and block the appropriate scheme.
From empty they motion the rb back.
Ole Miss is another team that utilizes the concept. They run it with the guard pulling.
They run it off of jet motion:
The DE is the read key and he comes hard inside so they give the ball to the jet sweep.
Here are a few examples of where the qb got a keep read because the read key widened.
INSIDE ZONE
Penn State reads the front side end and has zone blocking in the other direction. The QB reads the front side end and gives the ball. If the DE went hard outside then he would keep it and run the ball inside with the inside zone blocking scheme.
Inside zone clip of the bask concept
T WRAP
The Bills T Wrap off the bash. This has been a successful play for Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills throughout the years.
The defensive end sees the rb and is there so Allen pulls it and they get 10 on the tackle wrap the other way.
Here’s 2 other Bills Bash play versions with the QB run component
#1 The QB is reading the DE. The De widens so he keeps the football and follows the G and T in the whole. Nice read by Allen as he gets the first down.
#2
Bills run another version vs the Dolphins in the red zone. The DE squeezes hard so Allen gives the football on the read.
Here are just some of the concepts you will see from NFL and college football teams. Below is my YouTube video which goes into more detail.
I hope you enjoyed this post! More to come!