Respectfully coach, if that RE is head up or outside, he is the option man. Guard will try for the ILB, tackle the OLB. Most high school OLBs won't be fast enough to read & react that fast to squeeze down when he reads mesh. If he can, great! But, if he jumps the mesh, bubble screen will be open all day. Only way he can cover both is if the ball is on the boundary, as it's a shorter apex. Even at that you still need a great athlete there. How I'd coach the offense: No matter the option end technique, if the OLB is out of the box, the read is the end. Guard - ILB, Tackle - cut off OLB if he scrapes across. Slot crack backs on the OLB and QB keeps. Taking the OLB out of the box makes it a 3-2. They wouldn't be the option keys. If you bring them into the box, passing is open all day unless you man up the 2 safeties and corners. It all comes down to 1 v 1 blocks of course. Nothing works unless the players execute!
Respectfully coach, if that RE is head up or outside, he is the option man. Guard will try for the ILB, tackle the OLB. Most high school OLBs won't be fast enough to read & react that fast to squeeze down when he reads mesh. If he can, great! But, if he jumps the mesh, bubble screen will be open all day. Only way he can cover both is if the ball is on the boundary, as it's a shorter apex. Even at that you still need a great athlete there. How I'd coach the offense:
No matter the option end technique, if the OLB is out of the box, the read is the end. Guard - ILB, Tackle - cut off OLB if he scrapes across. Slot crack backs on the OLB and QB keeps. Taking the OLB out of the box makes it a 3-2. They wouldn't be the option keys. If you bring them into the box, passing is open all day unless you man up the 2 safeties and corners.
It all comes down to 1 v 1 blocks of course. Nothing works unless the players execute!
Of course defenses can't stop EVERYTHING, but I feel like that'd be really susceptible to the speed option.
Great video, coach. What hs/college program do you coach for?