NFL 101: Introducing the Basic Route Combinations

It is typically a route run by a slot receiver, running back, or tight end, simply because it breaks out and a wide-out does not have the space

NFL 101: Introducing the Basic Route Combinations There isn't really a consistent route tree that you're gonna find for that They will look a lot different depending on the system the team runs

It is typically a route run by a slot receiver, running back, or tight end, simply because it breaks out and a wide-out does not have the space

slot 4 Gould said while at Oregon State he ran the full route tree and lined up as an outside and slot receiver

If he runs to the flat with the arrow route, then the QB will throw the 3 step slant behind him If he's late getting to the flats and the slot has the OLB out

slot cyti The Corner route run by the X-WR first threatens inside This creates a quasi-mesh point and forces the defense to tend to work vertical with

The route tree is an invention of Don Coryell, head coach of the San Diego Chargers in the late '70s and early '80s It is used to communicate