HOW TO EFFECTLY USE RB'S IN PASSING GAME

i need ppl's in put on how to effectly use ur back in passing game. i rarely use my back in passing game unless its a decoy streak. so i need some suggestions!!!!

Streaks up the seam work sometimes if you are hitting fades on them to the outside. Make their safety cheat to the outside fade and you have yourself a TD. You could always just put them on a curl and playmaker them to get open. Delayed routes and flat routes are money too if you have someone like Parker or Westbrook catching the passes.

well those are the 2 backs i have haha

yeah the streaks with ur RBs work... the most killer RB route i think u can use are the circle routes, and you throw it when they a few yards past the LOS and they should be good for 5 YAC against most defenses.

You could hot route them to do outs,ive found alot of success with this.I also use dual hb sets and swap the packages to put my speed back in the fb spot,especially in tight sets.It can create matchup probs for the d.I like put my speed back in the slot and ihe can create seperation especially if covered by a LB

when people start reading the circle routes u have ur rbs on it doesnt hurt to call a play outa the same formation that has ur rb on one of those triangle lookin routes... if someone is manually covering him they are gona try to jump the route when he cuts up field and when u pull out that triangle route he doesnt cut upfield he cuts hard back to the middle and it will throw them off... they jump it as if it was a circle route and ur rb is back in the middle of the field while their LB they are manually using is still out by one of the hash marks its an easy 7-10 yard gain if u use both of them effectively..

[STARS] EggzOverEazy wrote:

yeah the streaks with ur RBs work... the most killer RB route i think u can use are the circle routes, and you throw it when they a few yards past the LOS and they should be good for 5 YAC against most defenses.

yeah i agree! i love those circle routes because the RB can get open very quickly in order to avoid a blitz. also...it is very go to use for those short yardage downs. after i have popped my opponent with a variety of short passes to Heap...i know that they are planning to cover him in short yardage situations so...i spring a circle route on them to McGahee or Rice instead.


P.S. plus with more speedier backs like Westbrook, Parker and Johnson etc; you could actually motion them to the flats and throw a bullet pass to them. they should be wide open!

If you notice your opponent is in Man Coverage you should hot route your speed RB to an out route and thats an easy 10+ yard gain. Against zone defense if it's a cover 2 send the RB on a deep streak and cover 3 look to use the circle route out of the backfield you will find alot of success with this.

i cant believe nobody said it...screens.
when i used the eagles i used to throw screens to westbrook alot
anther good route for running backs...come out in shotgun and hot route the running back to do a slant there almost always open if you have WR's running on that side of the field that you made your RB do the slant toward.

Buddah, Nawf posted something about this in xclusive.

ill check it out...if gotten a little more success wit getting my backs the ball in the passing game...ive done angle routes and circles i jus have a hard time calling a play for 1 wr instead of a play that has options so i gotta use that for certain situations caus i kno its not bad to call a play for your playmakers