Drag
Philosophy
Drag is a play designed to give us a rubbing action against bump coverage and allows are WR's to run across underneath deep coverage. Its short routes allows us to get a Vertical stretch on the LB's and a Horizontal Stretch on the Curl defender. Great play against all coverage's.
Formation
Any formation is good but we prefer it out of 2x2 because it gives us a Hot route and a good outlet to F.
Alignment
Y and Z align like 69 Streak. H aligns Outside the Hash and X aligns inside the numbers.
Pre-Snap Read
QB walks to the Ball and looks for potential 7 man Blitz. If QB sees blitz he has F on the Swing route, this will be his Hot. QB looks for Cover 2 or rolled up CB's looking to jump F's Swing route. If CB is rolled we can change the play to Z Corner.
Post-Snap Read
QB snaps the ball and proceeds on his five big steps and hitch drop. His first read is to see if the 7th man has blitzed. In this case he throws the Hot route to F running a Swing.
If QB sees no blitz he then looks off FS to H's Streak route. This also helps in case of backside blitz. If H is uncovered he will pull up quick at 3 steps and fire the ball to H.
If H is covered QB will finish his drop and look at the front side Curl defender. If the curl defender does anything but cover the curl QB will fire a chest high pass to Z on the inside Curl route. If any LB's come into the picture Z will slide to the open window in the MOF. If Curl defender covers Z, deal the ball to Y on the drag route. Hit Y with the pass as if you area point guard on a fast break. You may hit Y on the drag anywhere from hash to hash at a point about 5-6 yards deep. The only defenders who can cause a problem are the MLB's. Y and QB should have eye contact and run the fast break accordingly. If CB and SS converges on Curl/Drag hit F on swing route.
Pattern Adjustments
X Out route
Zone or Man coverage Y will Post at 12 Yards for two to three steps and comeback on a 14 yards Out route. Y will look CB deep as if he was running a deep Post. When CB turns his hips inside Y will plant and comeback down hill looking for the ball as he turns.
If QB has not thrown ball and gives you a pump fake turn up sideline. If QB gives you no Pump fake stay at home and wait for ball.
H Dudley Route
Zone or Man push up field on a Streak route. As you clear underneath coverage idle down and look for ball quick if QB has not thrown ball by 10 yards get up field and draw FS to you with eye contact. Keep Streak route on Hash mark to keep Horizontal stretch on FS.
Y Drag Route
Zone or Man Y drags across underneath LB's at 5 yards. Y gets eye contact with QB and runs his route like a fast break in Basketball, looking for the lay up. Find the open window and look for the ball quick. If MLB turns to re-route you may run a skinny post.
QB may not deal you the ball until you go across the formation into opposite flats.
Z Curl Route
Zone: Run a 12 back to 10 curl route and slide to the open window getting eye contact with the QB. Sit in the open window look the ball into your hands
Man Coverage work to inside leverage, lean into the defender at 10 yards and run away from him.
F Swing Route
Run a swing route toward sideline. Look for ball quick and get up field. If QB does not throw ball quick or you get near side line stop and wait for ball.
Defensive Problems
If MLB turns and looks for the drag, Y can take drag up on a skinny post and QB will hit Y over the top. Also we can have H run a slant route to the area that MLB will not be covering.
Conclusion
Drag is a great play against Bump coverage and allows Y to get open underneath the coverage.