Play-ActionBest for: Shot play
Play-Action Boot Right
Quarterback fakes the run and boots right with a flood of receivers.
Concept: Backside protects the edge while the tight end drags and the flanker runs a corner.
Base alignment — schematic, not to scale
Every position's job
QB
Fake the iso, boot right, read deep-to-flat
TE
Drag to the right flat as the underneath option
WR
Run a deep comeback or post to clear
TB
Carry out the run fake
Playside OL
Sell run block
Backside OL
Hinge and protect the boot edge
How to teach it
- 1Sell the run fake with shoulders and eyes
- 2High-low read: deep first, then the flat
- 3Backside tackle protects the edge
Common mistakes to fix
- !Rushing the fake — cue a full mesh
- !Routes at the same depth — space high and low
Build this into your call sheet.
Adopt this system in your coach portal, tag plays by situation, and print call sheets and player wristbands.