Gridiron Guide 14 Table of Contents

Football Video Games 101:

• Introduction
• Copyright
• Football Terms & Definitions
• Game Controls: PS3
• Game Controls: Xbox 360
• General Strategies and Tips
• Player Attributes Definitions

New Game Play Features:

• Blocking Logic
• Creating Formation Shifts
• Defenders in Proper Position
• Defensive Recovery Mechanic
• Dive Tackles
• Heat-Seeker
• Hit Stick
• Infinity Engine 2
• Improved Zone Coverage Logic
• New Audible System
• Position Changes
• Run Free

Offensive Basics:

• Quick Tip Offs to Pre-Reading the Defense
• Runningback Hot Routes
• Personnel Groupings 101
• Tight End Hot Routes
• Wide Receiver Hot Routes

Passing Game:

• 0-1-2 Coverage System
• Attacking Cover 1 (Man Free)
• Attacking Cover 2 Man (Bump-n-Run)
• Attacking Cover 2 Zone Coverage
• Attacking Cover 3 Base Coverages
• Attacking Cover 4
• Attacking Cover 6
• Attacking the Flats
• Beating Press Coverage With Motion
• Best Route To Beat Man Coverage
• Creating Triangles (Oblique Stretch)
• Determining Man or Zone Coverage After the Snap
• Enhanced FL Screen With Runningback Swing Route
• Enhanced Screen Play
• Executing within the Four Critical Zones
• Free Release vs Scat Protection
• Keying on a Defender
• Know Who Your Hot Receiver Is Before the Snap
• Look for Mismatches in the Passing Game
• Mirroring Pass Routes System
• Receiver Route Awareness
• Passing Concepts That Attack Zone Coverage
• Pass Protection Schemes
• Pass Routes Naming System
• Pattern Reading 101
• Pattern Reading: Receiver Number System
• Pass Routes 101
• Play Action Abort
• Play Action 101
• QB Drops
• Quick Pass Game: Shoot and Slant Isolations
• Screen Your Way To Success
• Soft Coverage Vs Press Coverage
• TE Delayed Seam Route
• Three TE Pass Routes to Beat Man Coverage
• Total Control Passing
• Types of Pass Read
• Using the Smoke Route

Running Game:

• Big Plays in the Run Game (Outside Run Plays)
• Draws and Delays
• Draw Plays are the Equalizer Against All Coverage
• Flipping Run Plays
• Front Side Running Vs Backside Running
• Going against the Grain (Misdirection Run Plays)
• Pound Game (Inside Run Plays)
• Run Blocking Schemes
• Run Numbering System
• Running the Ball against One or Two High Safeties
• Running the Read Option
• Quick Rushing Tips
• Types of Running Styles
• Use the Fullback in the Run Game
• Using the Quarterback to Run the Ball

Offensive Styles and Schemes:

• 2 Minute Drill
• Compression Offense and Scheme
• Air Coryell Offense and Scheme
• Air Raid Offense and Scheme
• Full House Breakdown and Scheme
• Gun Bunch Breakdown and Scheme
• No Huddle Offense
• Option Breakdown and Scheme
• Pistol Offense Breakdown and Scheme
• Power Run Breakdown and Scheme
• Pro Style Breakdown and Scheme
• Run and Shoot Offense and 3 Staple Plays
• Spread Breakdown and Scheme
• Shotgun Breakdown and Scheme
• West Coast Offense Breakdown and Scheme
• Wildcat Breakdown and Scheme

Offensive Game Preparation & Planning:

• 4 Play Call System
• Creating an Offensive Philosophy
• Different Types of Offensive Audible Setups
• Incorporating Packages Into Your Attack
• Preparing for Football Video Game Tourneys

Defensive Basics:

• Ball Hawk Mechanic
• Base Align: Man Lock/Man Lock Off
• Best on Best
• Defenders Reset When Moved Forward Once Released
• Global Defensive Adjustments
• Defensive Individual Hot Routes
• Defensive Keys: Run/Pass Commit
• Defensive Shifts
• Shift to Bear Fronts
• Zone Coverage Swapping Logic

Defending the Passing Game:

• Advanced Pass Commit
• 2 Man Under Auto Press Coverage
• Buzz – Cloud – Sky Coverages
• Coverage Types 101
• Defending Angle Routes
• Defending Bunch Horizontal Passing Concepts
• Defending Corner Routes
• Defending Crossing Routes While Playing Man Coverage
• Defending the Flats
• Defending Horizontal Passing Concepts
• Defending Play Action
• Defending Quick Slants When Running Two Man Coverage
• Defending Vertical Passing Concepts
• Defending WR Screens
• Enhancing Buzz Zones

Defending the Running Game:

• Advanced Run Commit
• Defending Backside Runs
• Defending the Gun Panther Heavy – QB Wrap
• Defending the Read Option
• Defending the Strong Twins – Power O
• Defending Toss Plays
• Defensive Fronts to Defend the Run
• Defensive Tactics to Defend the Run
• Don’t Call Inside Man Blitz Schemes Against Toss Plays
• One Gap and Two Gap Techniques
• Run Defense 101
• Stacking Linebackers To Defend Inside Runs

Defensive Styles and Schemes:

• 8,9,10,11 Coverage Schemes
• 3-4 Breakdown and Blitz Setups
• 4-3 Breakdown and Blitz Setups
• 4-4 Breakdown and Blitz Setups
• 46 Breakdown and Blitz Setups
• 5-2 Breakdown and Blitz Setups
• Bend But Don’t Break Defense
• Blitz Schemes, Concepts, and Techniques
• Containing the Athletic
• Cover 6 Scheme Based on Where the Ball is Lined Up At
• Dime Breakdown and Blitz Setups
• Dollar Breakdown and Blitz Setups
• Know What Blitz Schemes You Are Calling
• Man/Zone Combo Coverage Schemes
• NASCAR Package and Blitz Schemes
• Nickel Breakdown and Blitz Schemes
• Quick Blitz Tips
• Red Zone Defense
• Wide-Nine Defense

Defensive Game Preparation & Planning:

• Defensive Philosophy and Base Defense
• Philosophy of Blitzing the Quarterback

Playbook Analysis:

• Offensive Formation Analyzer
• Offensive Formations Diagrams
• Offensive Formation Finder
• Offensive Playbook Formation Counts
• Offensive Playbook Play Counts
• Defensive Formation Analyzer
• Defensive Formation Diagrams
• Defensive Formation Finder
• Defensive Playbook Formation List With Search
• New Plays Added
• Offensive Playbook Formation List With Search
• Formation Audibles for Each Defensive Playbook (coming soon)
• Formation Audibles for Each Offensive Playbook
• Packages for Each Defensive Formation
• Packages for Each Offensive Formation (coming soon)
• Play Finder 14
• Team Offensive and Defensive Schemes
• Team Playbook Defensive Formations Analyzer
• Team Playbook Offensive Formations Analyzer
• Telestrator Tool
• Unique Offensive Formations List

Team Breakdowns:

• Clutch Players 101
• Player Position Ratings
• Player Position Ratings Analyzer
• Team Defensive Strength Charts Analyzer
• Team Offensive Strength Charts Analyzer
• Team Offensive Vs Defensive Strength Charts Analyzer
• Team Defensive Unit Ratings
• Team Defensive Unit Ratings Analyzer
• Team Offensive Unit Ratings
• Team Overall Ratings
• Team Overall Ratings Analyzer
• Team Rosters

Football Video Game Tools:

• 2-Point Conversion Chart
• Advanced Blank Offensive Play Call Sheet
• Interactive Blank Play Call Sheet Builder
• Interactive Offensive Formation Audible Blank Sheet
• Interactive Team Depth Chart Sheets Builder: 4-3 Base
• Interactive Team Depth Chart Sheets Builder: 3-4 Base
• Offense Play-By-Play Scouting Sheet
• Player Personnel Scouting Sheet
• Team Specific Playbook Call Sheets

Note: List is subject to change between now and the day the Gridiron Guide 14 is released.