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Air Raid in 3 minutes

skyman said:
Pretty sure i used to play this guy online back in day, great guy.. I think he is a high school coach also.. Its crazy how far back lawst we are just getting to 2000 offenses that air raid principles made it to NFL while we tried to bring back neadrathal football while getting smacked by dregs of cfb..
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Hilarious watching this fanbase up in arms because “the air raid never won a ring bro!!”

Lets just keep trying what’s failed for **** near 20 years even though we’ve won 2 meaningless bowl games during that span but POWER SPREAD WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS BRO!!! 🤮
 
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Here's a 3 day install of the Air Raid (taken from an article showing how Dana Holgorsen installs it). You can choose any runs if those don't appeal to you.
 

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For those who understand the Air Raid, is what is provided in the video accurate? Is there really one receiver who is supposed to get the majority of catches? At its base, are there really only (3) running plays for this offense, and if so, why?
And finally, just as many argued no great receiver wanted to play in a pro-style offense, why would any running back want to play in an Air Raid offense in which the primary responsibility is to catch screens, and presumably block on passing plays?
 
AtlAtty said:
For those who understand the Air Raid, is what is provided in the video accurate? Is there really one receiver who is supposed to get the majority of catches? At its base, are there really only (3) running plays for this offense, and if so, why?
And finally, just as many argued no great receiver wanted to play in a pro-style offense, why would any running back want to play in an Air Raid offense in which the primary responsibility is to catch screens, and presumably block on passing plays?
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At its base, there’s only a few plays in an Air Raid offense. So if it’s a passing offense, and there’s only like 5 passing plays, how many running plays would you expect?

The Air Raid is a precision, timing based offense. You’re not suppose to do a lot. You’re suppose to be able to do what you do, to perfection.

So you limit the plays so you can expand the practice time dedicated to perfecting the plays.
 
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AtlAtty said:
For those who understand the Air Raid, is what is provided in the video accurate? Is there really one receiver who is supposed to get the majority of catches? At its base, are there really only (3) running plays for this offense, and if so, why?
And finally, just as many argued no great receiver wanted to play in a pro-style offense, why would any running back want to play in an Air Raid offense in which the primary responsibility is to catch screens, and presumably block on passing plays?
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The video is for high schools.

The Air Raid in college has a more plays but not significantly more.

As for RB & OL, power runs can be incorporated into the offense so they can eat.... but the philosophy is that if you have 4 wide receivers/TE and 1 running back that are in a play, why does the RB get 50% of the calls? More Leach didn't consider that to be a balanced offense.
 
The fewer plays, the easier it is to learn. The easier it is to learn the faster you can play on game day. Overly complicated, Dan Enos binders full of plays that take three years to learn are so 90’s, bro.
 
AtlAtty said:
For those who understand the Air Raid, is what is provided in the video accurate? Is there really one receiver who is supposed to get the majority of catches? At its base, are there really only (3) running plays for this offense, and if so, why?
And finally, just as many argued no great receiver wanted to play in a pro-style offense, why would any running back want to play in an Air Raid offense in which the primary responsibility is to catch screens, and presumably block on passing plays?
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I'm no expert, but from what I do understand of the Air Raid, he provided an intentionally simplified version. For example, if I understood him correctly during that quick listen, he said the Z receiver is just "out there" and you leave him out there. I've seen at least a few teams really move the Z receiver in short motion and otherwise. I love short motion from an outside spot. Really gives the QB some solid info while opening up the field for what is usually a dynamic role.
 
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Allabouttheu95 said:
Hilarious watching this fanbase up in arms because “the air raid never won a ring bro!!”

Lets just keep trying what’s failed for **** near 20 years even though we’ve won 2 meaningless bowl games during that span but POWER SPREAD WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS BRO!!! 🤮
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The funniest part about it is we’re not even going to be running an Air Raid...
 
At the 45:33 mark he explains how the Air Raid incorporates the run. He points out that they didn't run in the past in the beginning of the Air Raid because the defenses were way behind the O in terms of understanding what to do. Since then, the defenses have evolved to respond to the heavy pass so they the Air Raid started adding in more runs.

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“There’s nothing balanced about the 50 percent run, 50 percent pass because that’s 50 percent stupid. When you have five skill positions, if all five of them are contributing to the offensive effort, then that’s balanced. But this notion that if you hand it to one guy 50 percent of the time and you throw it to a combination of two guys 50 percent and you’re really balanced, then you proudly pat yourself on the back and tell yourself that… Well then you’re delusional.”
-Mike Leach

I really miss that guy.
 
LuCane said:
I'm no expert, but from what I do understand of the Air Raid, he provided an intentionally simplified version. For example, if I understood him correctly during that quick listen, he said the Z receiver is just "out there" and you leave him out there. I've seen at least a few teams really move the Z receiver in short motion and otherwise. I love short motion from an outside spot. Really gives the QB some solid info while opening up the field for what is usually a dynamic role.
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What he was implying is that the X and Z do not switch sides based on the formation called. Lashlee used this concept in his offense which is why Mark **** was always to the right of the formation on all of his drops (unless it was an exotic formation). Tempo teams do this to minimize the time spent lining up and keeping receivers a little fresher than the would flopping sides and breaking a huddle.
 
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obcanes said:
The video is for high schools.

The Air Raid in college has a more plays but not significantly more.

As for RB & OL, power runs can be incorporated into the offense so they can eat.... but the philosophy is that if you have 4 wide receivers/TE and 1 running back that are in a play, why does the RB get 50% of the calls? More Leach didn't consider that to be a balanced offense.
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So is it fair to say that a true Air Raid offense would not be as attractive to running backs in that fewer are needed, and there are fewer opportunities for RB’s to run the ball than in a pro-style offense?
 
San Amaro Dr said:
What he was implying is that the X and Z do not switch sides based on the formation called. Lashlee used this concept in his offense which is why Mark **** was always to the right of the formation on all of his drops (unless it was an exotic formation). Tempo teams do this to minimize the time spent lining up and keeping receivers a little fresher than the would flopping sides and breaking a huddle.
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Don't know what he might have implied. I went back to listen just now. He plainly said "you have the X and the Z outside, they don't move, they don't go anywhere." My response in the post you quoted is to someone asking if things are *really* as simple and limited as the video creator described.

Again, I realize the guy intentionally simplified everything for the purposes of a "quick" video. But, when he said that specific statement, I'm responding to a poster's question that the video creator has left out aspects like outside motion that AR offenses and just offenses with AR principles (which is what I expect from our new OC) add in.
 
AtlAtty said:
So is it fair to say that a true Air Raid offense would not be as attractive to running backs in that fewer are needed, and there are fewer opportunities for RB’s to run the ball than in a pro-style offense?
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A great running back may not have as many carries but will be running against a box of 6 so can get huge numbers total yards and high ypc.

Mario should be able to get 1 great running back per year. But he better be good at catching passes.

A RB in an Air Raid may have more total yards than a RB in pro set. So that's attractive to certain RBs.
 
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CorniceCane said:
I understand the WRs feast in this environment. We apparently don’t have the “speed studs” to succeed (I get that this will motivate them to come here though). Also, how do the likes of Samson and Francis feel about an offense like this where they aren’t given the same responsibilities of holding off a rusher for a long count for a play to develop but instead keep the qb clean but so do the quick strikes and tempo. Also, doesn’t sound like much mauling up front in run game (although lots of one-on-one blocking to showcase abilities is wide formations). Makes me think that we will work air raid into pro style hybrid to try to keep all happy. Not sure if this works or blows up. Will be interesting to see what spring ball looks like.
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Big Manny isn't abandoning a mauling OL.

Dawson is goung to be charged with running an offense like Bama/Jawga.
 
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