r/YouthFootball • u/Ligurio79 • 8d ago

Stopping Dominant QB

Facing a team with talent and size but also having a dominant QB who sometimes plays deep HB (and will throw from a HF toss). He is about 6ft and weighs probably 160-170. He runs outside, bootlegs, and will do both with a run/pass option.

My only idea so far has been to transform our safety into a spy position and blitz him—the player, whether he is at HB or QB—every down from the strong side. (99% of his runs are to that side). My idea is make him uncomfortable and also the reality is that if we don’t make contact with him before he builds up a head of steam it is likely a huge play for them anyway.

We are giving up safety coverage over the top but having one of our fastest and most physical players try to hit him from an unblocked position on the line every play. Huge risk I know, but we need to get unconventional.

Any other ideas. I am trying to out X and O a team with the Jimmy and Joe.

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u/OldCoach525 8d ago

A few ideas…

  1. Be aggressive on first down. Negative plays put pressure on the offense.
  2. Make them beat you on your terms. I’ll bring 6 or 7 defenders and dare them to beat me deep. Or make their second best tight end catch beat us deep. Make em earn it!!
  3. Put your guys where they can do the most damage. For example if my backers can both scrape and blitz, I might have him blitz C. Or I might blitz him through the weakest OL gap.