Flexbone Issue – Case 5: Flexbone Preview for 2019 – What You Must Know

By Dr. Lou Cella
Sport and Performance Psychologist
tripleoptionfootball.com

Army, Navy, and Georgia Tech combined to do the following in 2018:

• Played 39 games.
• Executed 2,653 plays.
• Averaged 68 offensive plays/game.
• Ran the football 86% of the time.
• Averaged 58 running plays/game.

45% of Army, Navy, and Georgia Tech’s combined offense consisted of the following three concepts:

1: Zone Option with Variations.

• This includes Speed Option, Quarterback Power, and Quarterback Sweep.
• Zone Option with variations was run 461 times.
• This concept was 17.4% of Army, Navy, and Georgia Tech’s 2018 Offense.
• Zone Option with variations is the featured constraint when they don’t get four yards on the give phase of the Triple Option.

2: Triple Option

• This is the “Inside Veer” concept.
• Triple Option was run 403 times.
• This concept was 15.2% of Army, Navy, and Georgia Tech’s 2018 Offense.
• Triple Option is more than just a singular concept, the Triple Option is the foundation of the offense.