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Good read.
http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/07/13/nfl-tight-end-use-travis-kelce-rob-gronkowski-greg-olsen
Tight ends don’t typically have much say at the line of scrimmage, which is why Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith gets a kick out of Travis Kelce, who has made a habit of barking route changes at him in practice. Much of that is a credit to Kelce’s confidence as he enters what ought to be a breakout season. Much more of it is a credit to a staple of Kansas City’s offensive scheme under Andy Reid: The Y-ISO Trips package.
With the influx of incoming tight ends from collegiate spread offenses, Y-ISO has become increasingly en vogue over the last five years. The formation consists of three wide receivers on one side of the formation and a tight end on the other side, whether he’s a yard away from the offensive tackle with his hand in the dirt or split out to the sideline. The isolation creates numerous coverage mismatches across the field and it can help quarterbacks identify coverage during pre-snap. In Kansas City, it has emboldened Travis Kelce.
“Defenses treat that formation a certain way; they have different rules for it,” Smith told The MMQB. “So sometimes you can declare as soon as you break the huddle. [Travis] thinks just like I do. So he knows right away, right when we break huddle, as he’s getting up at the line he’ll be calling for things. I love when he calls ’em.”
http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/07/13/nfl-tight-end-use-travis-kelce-rob-gronkowski-greg-olsen
Tight ends don’t typically have much say at the line of scrimmage, which is why Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith gets a kick out of Travis Kelce, who has made a habit of barking route changes at him in practice. Much of that is a credit to Kelce’s confidence as he enters what ought to be a breakout season. Much more of it is a credit to a staple of Kansas City’s offensive scheme under Andy Reid: The Y-ISO Trips package.
With the influx of incoming tight ends from collegiate spread offenses, Y-ISO has become increasingly en vogue over the last five years. The formation consists of three wide receivers on one side of the formation and a tight end on the other side, whether he’s a yard away from the offensive tackle with his hand in the dirt or split out to the sideline. The isolation creates numerous coverage mismatches across the field and it can help quarterbacks identify coverage during pre-snap. In Kansas City, it has emboldened Travis Kelce.
“Defenses treat that formation a certain way; they have different rules for it,” Smith told The MMQB. “So sometimes you can declare as soon as you break the huddle. [Travis] thinks just like I do. So he knows right away, right when we break huddle, as he’s getting up at the line he’ll be calling for things. I love when he calls ’em.”
