Have An Entire Offensive Game Not Just A Run Game

I played an online game of madden 12 today and something came to my mind.

There are way too many people who can only run the ball. And I have to sit back and ask myself ,why? Why does this happen to players?

Here is what happens
- 1st drive the player may (MAY) be able to get a great run game going

-2nd drive the defense starts to figure the offense out. And may limit the run game to some short gains

-3rd drive the defense figures it out. NOW the offense is left out to dry. You see a horrid display of passing take place.

Here is the thing!!!
As a defense all you need to do to throw a run game off is 1 (yes only 1) run stuff per downs. And then SORT of limit another gain (about 5 yards or so) then the offense is left with a 3rd down and around four or five yards

But then comes WHY? and HOW?

Why do players do this?

How does this happen?

Either they dont know any better. That i do not buy because they have to have played other madden ballers who have more diverse schemes then their own.
or
They dont know how to develop even a basic passing game

As far as developing a basic passing scheme you could just run three football passing concepts and be okay to dive into battle

I have talked about the curl flats and drive concept but here is a new one for you guys

streak-out concept

it is good vs man or zone defense

imagine my art gallery worth artwork above is a picture of the route combo being ran from the right hash mark

all you need is a slot wide receiver

-a streak route run by the slot
- a smart routed out route by the outside wide WR or s stock 10 yard out route

*this can all be done from hot routes*

you actually could use this route combo up to seven yards away from the first down if you wanted to..it will not effect the throw. But no closer than seven yards away

This combo is good vs man or zone coverage

Man

- you can read the seam route to see if you have space to pass lead inside for the catch. Or if it is cover 0 and you like your matchup you could throw it deep

- the money maker is the out route vs man. Throw right at the cut by the wide WR. You will need to head into maddens practice mode to get the timing down

- if you dont like that throw you will need to hit a check down route. Either a in/drag/delay route  that you feel good about

Zone

- see if you like the seam

-the out route should be open vs cover 2 and cover 3

-if you dont like it check down

As you can see its a very easy read to execute and the combo can be run in any formation where you have a slot wide receiver. Just so you know you can motion a running back out of the backfield to be a slot wide receiver so theres no reason not to run this route combo

So guys you now have three solid route combos to run in curl-flats, drive, and now the streak-out combo. All of these combos can be run from many different formation (if not every formation in the game) so there is no excuse to have zero pass game


For more reading on passing concepts I would check out