The middle guy in the scheme is there to protect against ambush onside kicks, help adjust to sky kick schemes, and be a 7th blocker to get a body on a body as quick as possible. Now it has become easier to identify where the mistakes are in the return. It's simple, don't let your guy make the tackle. We now have made it more accountable for our players. We now only need to drop 8-10 yards before picking up our assignments so I think the task is physically more conducive to my players talents. They don't need knockouts or pancake blocks, they need to occupy a body as long as they can and win with leverage. I am asking guys to block a man in a certain direction and win with that leverage. I am basically turning it into a WR stalk block with leverage. But I also believe I am giving my kids an assignment they are better able to execute. Now I realize that with these short drops if we miss or don't maintain our blocks we are giving clearer paths to the kickoff team and better angles to the ball. The 6 front line players are only going to drop 8-10 yards before engaging their blocking assignment. We now use a 6-1-2-2 kick return alignment that is a straight man blocking scheme. What we do now is not going to be a new trend in Kick Returns or a revolutionary idea that changes football, but it works for us. So can you take the best elements of the Spread game(RPO,Zone Read,Jet Power Read, Screens, Air Raid Theories) and mix it with the New Mexico triple option offense to create the ultimate 'FACEMELTING' offense? Only time will tell but I am willing to bet there will be some people trying including MYSELF!!!!! It's a copycat game so take from everybody. It is making the game more 11 on 11 now than 11 on 10 in the run game. They are asking these QB'S to be runners and throwers while also being guys that can read defenders in the option game. More and more colleges are playing Dual Threat QB'S. Enter the era of the modern day 'Dual Threat' QB. Throwing more may effect the types of Offensive Lineman option teams recruit. Also let us not forget the protection part of the passing game. There is also a certain skill set that comes with being a triple option QB, and that skill set usually sacrifices the ability to be an effective passer.

They spend so much time perfecting all the phases of the triple option and the blocking wrinkles that there is not enough time to teach a successful passing game. Most option teams can never really throw the football. The real question at hand here is how much can you actually do and be successful. So how do we level the playing field? By reading more players which means blocking less players. There are really only 4-6 teams that have a chance to win the state title each year. I'm not sure about your area but where I am the playoff teams are usually the same about 75% of the time. Let's face it, in High School football the talent level between two teams can make it extremely difficult for most teams to compete. You will help your High School QB or Middle School QB a ton in the passing game by being in the shotgun, especially when they are not all 6'5!!! You also add in the element of Run Pass Options which is also option football in it's most basic form. By being in the shotgun every snap I think it makes this offense more spread scheme friendly. So while this is hardly revolutionary its their approach from the shotgun that makes it unique. Typical to triple option schemes they will have a dive player(zone), the QB keep option, and a pitch phase. Its all really about changing the presentation not the play. They will use some wrinkles like the Maryland Stack I, and some motion adjustments. The offense itself is generically 3 back in nature which is similar to The Flexbone approach to triple option.

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