Screen Pass

[MNSpaniel]

I seem to remember Northern Ill. hurting us with screen passes when they played up here a few years ago. I can't remember seeing us throw a screen pass under Kill. ?????

 

[mnsportsgeek]

We did yesterday. Kirkwood bounced it outside for no gain. No more screen passes, lol.

 

[tikited]

We've thrown a few this year. They haven't worked as far as big gains, but they haven't been terrible.

 

[beavergopher]

Don't need those fancy plays with QB draw and read option working so well.

 

[tjgopher]

We did yesterday. Kirkwood bounced it outside for no gain. No more screen passes, lol.

That wasn't a screen pass, it was a simple swing pass to the flat. A screen pass is specifically designed to allow the defenders to penetrate past the point of attack so you screen pass beyond the penetration and get downfield, taking advantage of a defense's over pursuit. We have run very few true screen passes that I remember this year and frankly, it has been a troubling concern. Football Coaching 101 dictates that when facing an aggressive, blitz-happy team, you run screen passes. We have faced a lot of blitzing and very few screens to combat it. We could have screened Illinois to death and didn't run a single one. Again, don't confuse a swing pass to a RB in the flat (as we run) for a well-designed, well-conceived screen pass (which we haven't).

 

[MNSpaniel]

I've watched every game and haven't really noticed one. I only brought this up because it seemed to be a real staple of Northern Ill's offense when we played them.

 

[Nate]

Saving it up for the bowl game, so we can use it as a trick play.