Football Strategies

TNT713, has posted a Madden Tips article called "Get Turnovers Back" . The article talks about how to get the ball back after a...

In the article we posted on X's O's Football called "Passing Routes 101" we broke down several passing routes for runningback, receivers, and tight...

In this X's O's Football breakdown, we take a look at the quarters coverage and why team's use it to defend not only the...

The Singleback Snugs Flip is popular compressed formation that many teams run in real football. The formation has a tight 2x2 alignment with the...

Recently we came across an article about defensive blitz schemes that the USC Trojans like to run when Pete Carroll was the head coach....

The Singleback Ace (Big) has one tight end lined up on the right of the right tackle and one lined up on the left...

In a typical Cover 1 pass defense (also known as Man Free), one of the safeties will drop to the deep middle of the...

The Strong Close formation is one of the most used formations used this Madden 12 football video game season. For those of you who...

The Weak Tight Twins formation is part of the Weak I sets. It features 21 personnel that places the flanker and split end tight...

One of my favorite analyst when it comes to breaking down the real X's and Os of football is Matt Bowen. Recently he just...

The Singleback (Ace) formation consists of one running back lined up about five to six yards yards behind the quarterback.  Most sets found from...

WFColonel56 has written an article about  wanting to see quad formations in Madden 13. If I were a betting man, I would almost guarantee...

“1-2” signify the Vertical Concept in our offense. This concept allows our offense to attack and stretch the defense toward the end zone. The...

An excellent play out of the I-Form Pro to attack man and zone coverage is the Angle. This play has the halfback running an...

The Pistol Trips - Inside Cross is designed to get one of the two receivers that are crossing each other open against underneath zone...

A staple passing play from the Air Coryell playbook is the 525 F Post Swing. This vertical passing play has the outside receivers (X...

ZAN  over at Compete4Ever.com has posted a X’s and O’s football video game tips article that is related to Madden 12 Football.  He explains...

Here at X's O's Football we want to take a look at a very popular offensive style.  The Run and Shoot Offense was first...

Nevada’s Head Coach Chris Ault came up with the Pistol  offense in 2004 because he wanted to be able to have a threat of...

The Shotgun Double Flex is a 2×2 spread alignment that has the runningback aligned to the right of the quarterback. The flanker and split...