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For any skeptics of the reality of the Gattis effect on the 2019 offense here is a really good Neck Sharpies article that contrasts last year's bread and butter run plays with this seasons run plays with the "add-on", 2nd level reads Gattis provides for the QB.
Main points:
(1) Clearly, M did not abandon it's core run offense: Pin and Pull, Down G, Counter Trey. Each of these plays has a read that directs where the ball carrier should go based on the reaction of the defense to the play as it unfolds immediately after the snap. Some of them are QB reads right after the snap and based on what the edge defender or Ss do - in this case, and in 2018, its a read option = hand off or keep. Some of them are RB reads based on what the blockers accomplish = I'm going into that hole or this one.
(2) What Gattis adds is a 2nd level RPO. I talked about this earlier but MTSU was walking its Ss up and aggressively attacking everything M did that looked like one of their bread and butter run plays (A Scott Shafer specialty). The slant to Black was such a second level read. At the snap, the primary lead is the edge defender play side he crashes inside attacking the IZ run. He can now keep (the R in the RPO) or take the 2nd level read. That is the boundary S. Once the boundary S (the guy who is responsible for the slot) committed to the run, Patterson read that, pulled the ball, took the P option in RPO and hit Black in full stride. MTSU has a good free or field safety that correctly took a good angle and tackled black or that's a TD.
There is great video and diagrams to make all this clear if you like Xs and Os. If not or don't have time, the explanation above should be enough to understand what Gattis is bringing to Harbaugh's offense that he has featured since his SDSU days.
Main points:
(1) Clearly, M did not abandon it's core run offense: Pin and Pull, Down G, Counter Trey. Each of these plays has a read that directs where the ball carrier should go based on the reaction of the defense to the play as it unfolds immediately after the snap. Some of them are QB reads right after the snap and based on what the edge defender or Ss do - in this case, and in 2018, its a read option = hand off or keep. Some of them are RB reads based on what the blockers accomplish = I'm going into that hole or this one.
(2) What Gattis adds is a 2nd level RPO. I talked about this earlier but MTSU was walking its Ss up and aggressively attacking everything M did that looked like one of their bread and butter run plays (A Scott Shafer specialty). The slant to Black was such a second level read. At the snap, the primary lead is the edge defender play side he crashes inside attacking the IZ run. He can now keep (the R in the RPO) or take the 2nd level read. That is the boundary S. Once the boundary S (the guy who is responsible for the slot) committed to the run, Patterson read that, pulled the ball, took the P option in RPO and hit Black in full stride. MTSU has a good free or field safety that correctly took a good angle and tackled black or that's a TD.
There is great video and diagrams to make all this clear if you like Xs and Os. If not or don't have time, the explanation above should be enough to understand what Gattis is bringing to Harbaugh's offense that he has featured since his SDSU days.
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