Some fun formations I'd like to see this year

[sureletsrace]

I was bored this evening at work, so I was playing around with some offensive formations that would be interesting to see because of the enormous mismatches it would create. Felix Jones 1v1 with a FS? Crayton 1v1 with a LB? Yes please.

Numbers denote players. If you don't know what numbers the players are then, well, sorry.

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What this formation does: It forces the secondary to heavily focus on the left side, where Miles and Bryant are. Miles is in the slot, likely being covered by the 2nd CB. The FS would have to play deep on Bryant/Austin. Williams will likely have the 1st CB alone on the right side of the field. Witten would be matched up with a LB. Felix would be matched up with a LB. Felix could get around the right edge on a toss play and have a good chance at one-on-one with the SS. I'd take that matchup any day.

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What this formation does: We probably will never see this. Romo would probably die. However, if our offensive line could pass protect long enough, there's no way in hell a defense can cover these 5 skill players long enough for someone to not be WIDE open deep. This puts our most explosive players on the field at once. Hey, a guy can dream, right?

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What this formation does: We might see this a little this year. It's our standard 3-WR set, with Felix Jones motioning out of the backfield to the slot on the strong-side. The speed out of the slots and vertical catching ability out wide make this a killer offensive formation, in which Jason Witten can either stay in to pass protect, or attack the middle of the field. Imagine Dez running slant Miles running a rail with Williams running a fade route (1-on-one), Witten running a streak, and Felix going for the deep out. God.

That's all for now. Can you guys come up with some?
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[sureletsrace]

Nobody?

Never posted a thread that got 0 replies.

 

[Longboysfan]

Send it to [email protected].

 

[davidb257]

I like these formations and if we plan to have any success this season I'm sure we will see something similar to these throughout the seaosn.

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

On the second formation I would either switch ogle and crayton or put roy in for crayton. I would like to see a two back barbarian tashard with felix split wide.

 

[Arch Stanton]

What, no love for our blocking TE?

 

[bsheeern]

Your assuming the defense is in a man coverage I'm guessing?

 

[joseephuss]

I want to see the victory formation with Kitna taking a knee at the end of a Superbowl win.

 

[sureletsrace]

Your assuming the defense is in a man coverage I'm guessing?

Yeah. Zone of course would work differently, but even then, those formations are deadly and we've got several players that are not only superstars but can exploit zone coverage a la Jason Witten.

 

[Eskimo]

I wouldn't mind seeing one with Bennett and Witten out wide and Dez/Austin in the slot. Felix is in at RB.

If the defense moves the LBs out it could create lots of running room for Felix.

If they leave small CBs out wide there is a potential size mismatch with our big, tall TEs.

The last idea I like out of this formation is forcing CBs to try and cover both Dez and Austin out of the slot and try to bring them down in the middle of the field with the LBs and safeties spread out.

 

[the truth of it all]

interesting, i actually looked at it.

Id rather see some exotic blitz packages way more often this year. Last year it seemed we didnt do as many as in 08 but our players were just better in terms of skill. Id like to see a merge this year.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

The rund and shoot me in the foot! Now there's a formation. Or how 'bout a 6 WR set? 4 OL, with a tackle-elegible receiver, 5 other recevers spread out and a QB. Chsmpionship!

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

Your assuming the defense is in a man coverage I'm guessing?

Yes and coming to Romo on a full-on blitz. There's a reason run and shoot offense doesn't work in the NFL.

 

[sureletsrace]

Yes and coming to Romo on a full-on blitz. There's a reason run and shoot offense doesn't work in the NFL.

I don't think you understood my original post. I could draw defenses in there if I had the time, but I figured everyone here was pretty football smart. It's pretty easy to setup a base 4-3 and 3-4 package and figure out who'd be matched up with who.

In fact, you say run-and-gun, but....2 of my 3 formations keep a TE in for pass protection and the one that doesn't is noted that Romo would die.

If you had read the entirety of my original post, you'd see that I noted I was doing it to see what kind of mismatches it could create; not to see what looks cool.

Tell me you wouldn't take a #2CB on Austin with Dez one-on-one on the other side with the #1, and RW11 all by himself on the #3CB. RW11 might not be great, but man, if he's playing against a #3CB, it's a ridiculous mismatch.

Stop hating, sir.

 

[The Emperor]

Nobody?

Never posted a thread that got 0 replies.

Forget it. You get no love from me. I'm too stupid to make formations.

 

[rkell87]

their are mismatches from any formation, from a skill position stand point we are stacked. we could run the Maryland I and still be effective IMO

 

[hairic]

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Original formation.

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I don't actually want to see that formation that much, I'm just posting because I took the time to convert (roughly) the width of the field and the position of the hash marks into text.