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Welcome to the official website of the Muslim Football League. This article can now be found at: http://www.footballtimes.org/Article.asp?ID=125
Football Wide Receiver Patterns In case you are not sure which way to run or what the quarterback is talking about. This has been a problem for one person in particular, here are the basic football paterns.
INTRO: Always line up the same way, no matter what pattern you are running. Don't give it away by lining up differently. Some guys line up differently for short patterns than they do for deep ones. Also make sure you run every pattern hard, as if you are going to get the ball on every down. You have to sell it. Every little detail matters. Safeties have to rotate, DBs will turn, linebackers will bite or freeze... make sure you always look like you are getting the ball. And in our league, you never know, anyone can get the ball. If you run every pattern hard, you will eventually get the ball, because defenders will screw up and fall or become confused. Run every pattern like your life depends on it. 0. Streak: This is similar to the post, but shorter. When defense is in cover 2 (i.e. they have two safeties) one will play short, one deep. This pattern is designed to get the receiver in the empty area in between. It worls well especially if two receivers team up on the same side, one stays short, the other Streaks. Also works if the DBs and Safties are playing short and deep zone. You get the area in between. 1. OUT: This is your basic OUT pattern. You go up the field about 5 yards, then take a sharp OUT towards the sideline. If you are on the other side of the field, go to the other sideline. Make sure it is a hard 90 degree angle, this way the defensive back (DB) will not be able to get to you. The QB will have you wide open. 2. IN: This is the basic IN pattern. You go up the field then cut in toward the center of the field at a sharp angle. If on other side, just reverse it. Sometimes this is also known as a Drag. 3. CURL: This is a curl. Go up the field, then curl into the center and back to the Quarterback. Here the Tight End is curling, but any player can do it. Full backs can also do this after blocking, but they are usually called "Circle" if the fullback does it. 4. DRAG: You go up a few yards, then drag across the field. You can do this in front of, or behind, the linebackers. May also be called "In". 5. SLANT: As soon as the ball is snapped, take 3 steps forward then an angled path towards the center of the field. You will get the ball quickly, before you reach the end of your route. The QB will most likely throw it while you are still running straight, so be ready to catch. This is a great pattern if teh defense is blitzing. Try to get behind the linebackers. In order to run this properly, you have to line up properly. If you are on the right side of the line (as pictured above), your inside foot should be forward, and your outside foot should be back in your stance. Why? When you take your three steps, you cut hard on your outside foot, this allows you to make the quickest, sharpest, most unexpected cut to the inside. The cornerback won't have time to react. If you notice, NFL receivers always line up with their inside leg forward. (the inside leg is the one closest to the offensive line) 6. COMEBACK: You go up the field, then quickly comeback to the QB. He will hit you on your way back. May also be modified to a "Stop", "Dig" or "Hitch" which means rather than comeback, you just stop and wait for the ball. 7. POST: Go up the field, then cut to the goal POST. This is usually a deep play for a lot of yards. The post beaing the 'goal post'. If no post exists, go to the center of the field. 8. STOP N GO: Go up the field a few yards, then turn around as if you are getting the ball, the QB will pump fake. Then take off down the field. Your defender will be confused and fall down. 8. STOP: Go up the field running fast, then all of a sudden stop. The QB will throw you the ball at this point. It is a modified STOP N GO. May also be called "Hitch" or "Dig". 9. GO: Just keep running down the field fast. Outrun your defender. Especially useful if your defender is playing you very tight. 10. Flag: Run down the field hard. Fake a step in toward a "Post" route (sell it well), then take another turn for the corner pylon in the back of the endzone. You basically fake a deep Post, then turn for the corner of the endzone. Pylons may also be called flags, hence the nomenclature. This pattern may also be called a "Corner" or a "Post Corner". TEs may also do this pattern. It can be run from either side to either back pylon. Depends on where you line up. TIPS: If the defender is playing very tight, go for a Post, Go, or a deep Slant. You should easily be able to tell what pattern will work on the defense presented. If you notice the DB giving you the inside route, take it with a Slant, or In. If they are opened up allowing you to take the outside, go for an Out, Go, or Hitch.
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