Football Strategies

For those of you who don't know what a pass route tree looks like or is, NFP has posted an in-depth breakdown of the...

Here is a look at understanding TCU's 4-2-5 base coverages. An important thing to note, TCU plays a lot of split field coverages, and...

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...

ZAN  over at Compete4Ever.com has posted another great X's and O's strategy article. This one involves MOFO (middle of the field open) and MOFC...

What is the Gun Bunch formation? The Gun Bunch is a 3×1 formation that has a group of three receivers that are clustered tight...

The 4-3 Over - Smoke Mid Zone 2 is the Cover 2 version of the 4-3 Over - Smoke Mid Zone. The play is...

Matt Bowen of the National Football Post does an excellent job at breaking down the X's and O's of Football. In this breakdown he...

Operation Sports has posted an article called "More Passing Game Options Needed in EA Football" that we found interesting. The article goes into detail...

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...

In this X's O's Football breakdown, we take at the Tampa 2, it's coverage variations, and a few Madden Tips how it can implemented...

Matt Bowen has posted another X's and O's Football Play Breakdown when it comes to the passing game. In this breakdown, he talks about...

“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...

One of Peyton Mannings favorite passing concepts is Levels. Zan over at compete4ever.com has written an excellent article on what the Levels passing concept...

There are several defensive fronts that can utilized to defend against run. In this X’s O’s Football breakdown, we take a look at the...

In this X’s and O's breakdown breakdown we take a look at some of the more common passing routes that you will find throughout...

For those of you who are cheese heads and want to learn the ins and out of how the the Packers Nickel and Psycho...

Here is an article I found over at Smartfootball.com that talks about how to use backside tags to attack the entire field.  For us...

The Gun Bunch is a 3x1 formation that has a group of three receivers that are clustered tight on the same side of the...

For those of you who like reading about the X's and O's of Football as I do, I am  sure you have heard of...

For our second part of Quarters Coverage, we take an in-depth look at Cover 4 Alerts and Checks. ZORRO Zorro is a check versus a 2×2...