![]() Anatomy of Screen Plays from Season 2, Episode 9 of The Football Coaching Podcast.Umbrella Principle for an easy run fit system.If the Corner is coming up to play the #1 receiver, the fake alley screen & go is wide open for an easy touchdown. Alley/Tunnel Screens are part of the run package more than a pass play. The Corner is the Stay-in-Coverage defender. Keep your Corner in coverage! Understand run fits.Pattern matching can also help but pressing the #1 receiver with your corner is the way to make you tunnel screen most difficult. Man coverage is your best chance for the tunnel screen play.Teach the Umbrella Run Fits for a simple method. Spill defenders make sure it stays outside. Force defender makes sure it goes inside. Fit screen passes like you would fit a run play.Work this block reaction as part of your key read drill every single day. Absolutely nothing is more important to defending screen passes than teaching your Defensive Linemen to Screen-Retrace.Use the ‘Cage Drill’ to teach your offensive line to block the play.If the corner aggressively jumps the tunnel screen play, tag a “GO” onto it with the #2 receiver faking his block on the corner then releasing down the sideline.Run the tunnel screen to both sides by releasing all linemen, play side G/T and center to the call side, back side to a single receiver if they overload it. ![]() QB: Show pass, invite the rush for 1-count with eyes downfield (5 step drop under center, or 3 step from shotgun or pistol).This is the garbage defender that cleans up the play if we do not stay on him. BST: Pass Pro, stay on it after the throw.BSG: Block for 1-count then release to call side.C: Block for 1-count then release to call side.Out = force, Up = alley, In = spill defender. Blocking rules for all releasing linemen are to look outside, up, then in. PSG: Block for 1-count then release to kick out.PST: Invite an inside rush path by the defensive end, then pin him inside.I like to use a slot receiver to kick the corner, but you can do it with a Tight End, H-Back or even a quick releasing Tackle. The outside receiver sets up the play by taking one big step forward, then driving back straight at the Quarterback and showing his numbers.You need to make sure the defensive line is going to rush and the linebackers are going to move (either rush or drop).The tunnel screen play is designed to hit in the ‘alley’ between the force defender and the spill defenders (OLB/Safety and ILB/DL).Screens are used when teams are very good at defending the pass with hard rushing defensive linemen and fast dropping Linebackers.The Tunnel Screen play, which me and Andrew Coverdale call an Alley Screen, gets the ball to the outside receiver coming into the alley. Screen passes get the ball into an athlete’s hands in space.He won the National Title at Montana in 1995 before retiring. Read was a coach at Portland State, Oregon, and Oregon Tech before coming to Montana in 1986. Don Read is recognized as making screen plays more popular in the mid-1980s at Montana.We take one play and dissect it from every angle including origin of the play, how to run it, and how to beat it. This episode is part of the deep dive series in season 8. Check out this podcast to learn everything you need to know about coaching the tunnel screen, and how to defend against it. The Tunnel Screen Play is one of my favorite offensive weapons.
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