Denbrock passing game: Play Action Pass

Welcome back for what will be my second to last post on the Denbrock offense. Today I'll go over his play action passing game. Denbrock LOVES to take shots in the PA game with his favorite routes being the deep cross and the deep post. He will pull one of your safeties down in run support, and force the single high safety to make a choice. The QB can simply read the safety and make the throw.

Here is a good example vs a single high safety. The slot runs a deep cross and boundary runs the post. The safety takes the cross leaving a 1 on 1 in the post for an easy TD.


Most of his PA is structured in a similar manner. A deep cross paired with a post or a go. Here is another vs single high. You see the TE struggled to get separation with the deep cross and Ridder takes the shot. Hell of a catch.


Here he takes a shot at the deep cross vs man coverage.



He will sprinkle in a couple other concepts as well. Here is one I really love - smash. Smash is a corner route from the slot, paired with a 5 yard hitch or out on the outside.
Here he runs PA Smash out of trips. Ridder was a little bit late and behind with this ball. I love this play with our WRs, and it's a very safe throw.


When Cincy ran play action there were very few short or intermediate throws. They took SHOTS. A lot. Often times even when it was not open. Whether this is Denbrocks coaching or just a tendency of Ridder, I do not know. Across the board on any pass concept, Ridder seemed to be encouraged to take shots to Alec Pierce when he was in 1 on 1 coverage. Denbrock will definitely give our guys chances to make plays. Now it's time to execute.