Brickie Offense — Study & Install

The wristband does the remembering — you do the playing.

You don't have to memorize every call. Our GPS wristband system has it — on game day you get the number, find it on your band, and go. So why learn the language below? Because the faster you know it cold, the faster you play: you'll line up, spot your job, and cut loose. Learn it to get fast — lean on the wristband so you never get stuck.

The Language

Once you know how a call is built, every play reads itself.

Wristband calls — same play, three ways

Base plays have a one-word call — Buffalo, Bills, etc. On the wristband the same play can come in three flavors, and they all mean the exact same thing:

A23 = Alpha 23 = Green 23 — a letter, its phonetic, or a color, plus the play number. Whatever the coach sends, find that spot on your band and go.

Flip = run the mirror

Add "Flip" to any call to run its mirror — same play, strength/side flipped.

A23 Flip = Alpha 23 Flip = Green 23 Flip — the flipped version, still three ways to say it.

Color / word = formation strength

The first word in the play name sets which way the formation strength is. Everything works off it — pullers, the Y/wing, and the play side all flow to strength. Every core play has a mirror pair: same play, strength flipped.

Strength RIGHT: Red · Brown (Tight Bunch) · Brickies (Single Wing) · Red Jumbo
Strength LEFT: Blue / BL · Black (Tight Bunch) · Hobart (Single Wing) · Blue Jumbo

What the word also tells you: Brown/Black = Tight Bunch · Brickies/Hobart = Single Wing · Jumbo = heavy grouping · Bixby = a unique pre-snap alignment. So Brown = Tight Bunch set to the right; Hobart = Single Wing set to the left.

Bills (Red/right) ↔ Buffalo (Blue/left) = the Buck series.
LA (left) ↔ Chargers (right) = Counter (Bandit).

How a call reads

[COLOR] [formation tags] — [shift/motion] — [Q?][play][tag]

Q = QB-run variant (e.g. Q Bills). Read / RPO tags add a throw off the run: Book, Nail, Biz, Rebel, Slice, Boiler, Super.

The engine

Everything is built off the Buck (sweep) series with a Counter/Bandit complement — then dressed up with motion, formation, and read/RPO tags. Learn Buck first; the rest hangs off it.

Formation tags to know

MT · Strong (STR) · Flop / Flop Wide · Over (OV) / Dbl Over · Empty · Bug · Trips Stack · Quads · Pro On · Boz · Tank / Brick (heavy) · Bixby (goal-line).

Motions & shifts

Trade / B Trade · B Jet · F Jet · X Orbit · F Swirl · A/B/F Fly.

This is the current install language from the GPS library. As Coach adds the full offense, this page and the playbook grow with it.

Cadence — the snap count

The cadence tells you exactly when the ball is snapped. Lock in on the QB every play. Move early and it's a flag; move late and you lose the rep. Listen for the cue word — it tells you the count.

On Set — "Sonic"

Fast, no-huddle tempo. QB call: "SET!" — ball snaps on "Set." No clap, no wait. Get set and GO.

Cue: "Sonic" · QB call: "SET!" · Snap on: "Set"

On 1 — one clap

QB call: "Ready, Ready! Set! CLAP" — ball snaps on the clap.

Cue words (the "first" family): any boy's name · Monday · January

On 2 — two claps

QB call: "Ready, Ready! Set! CLAP, CLAP" — ball snaps on the second clap.

Cue words (the "second" family): any girl's name · Tuesday · February

No Play — "Check with me"

It's a dummy / kill — do not snap. QB call: "Ready, Ready! Set! CLAP, CLAP — Look to the sideline." Eyes up, look to the sideline for the new call.

Cue words: any U.S. state that starts with "N" — Nevada, New York, Nebraska, North Carolina…

How to remember it

First family = 1 clap: boy names, Monday, January.
Second family = 2 claps: girl names, Tuesday, February.
N-states = No play (check with me).
Sonic = go on set.

Flashcards

Play

Quiz Yourself

Self-check on the plays & the language. Score saves private.

My Install

Check a play once you know it cold — SKILL cue, OL cue, when we call it. Your progress saves on your device.

My Position

Pick your spot and study the offense through your eyes — your diagram and your job on every play. Your pick saves on your device.

Coach fills in each position's assignment over time. Until then you'll see your group's diagram + a note that the job is coming.

Draw It Up

Pick a play — run, pass, RPO, or read — and draw it up from memory on the field, then reveal the real diagram and check yourself. Backs and receivers draw your track; linemen flip to the OL view for the blocking. Know your job before the snap.

Play

Show formation alignment (faint)

Tip: use a different color per receiver. This is practice — your drawing stays on your device only, nothing is saved or sent.

Route Test

One receiver's route is wiped off the play. Draw it in from the highlighted (gold) player — we grade the shape and reveal the real route in green.

Pass play

Players and their other routes are shown. The missing one is yours to draw. Practice only — nothing is saved.

QB Reads

Your pass concepts through the R4 lens — Rhythm, Read, Rush. Auto-tagged from the routes; Coach edits the truth.

Pass play vs Coverage (optional)

Rhythm Read Rush

Auto-suggested — Coach edits. Families and progression are inferred from route depth/breaks. Tell Rudy the real read and it locks in.

The R4 Passing System

A framework for reading space, time, and talent — works inside any offense. It's not a playbook; it's how the QB decides.

The 4

Rhythm · Read · Rush · Release — the four route families and the four decision phases. Every route and every decision is one of these.

Rhythm — 1st option, thrown off the last step of the drop; 1 stem, no break or 1 break, breaks @ 5–7 WR steps (hitch, slant, seam, speed out). Throw on time or eliminate.
Read — 2nd option, thrown off 1–2 resets; double-move or decelerating, breaks above 10 yds (dig, post, corner). Don't stare it down early.
Rush — 3rd option / the hot; 1 or no stem, breaks below 5 yds, thrown anytime (flat, swing, checkdown, WR/RB rush). Rush replaces blitz.
Release — QB movement to buy time (rollout, boot). A decision, not panic.

Defining "open" — the Cap system

Open isn't separation. Open = space + timing + leverage. A route is capped when a defender owns the space, has a dominant hip angle, and can close on time — uncapped when he can't.

Hard Deck (~7–8 yd HS): where leverage & vision flip. Hip angles beat coverage labels (man hips weak inside, zone hips weak outside). 4-yard rule: close to ≤4 yds with his hips square = uncapped.

Accelerators — the 4 C's (how a defender CAPS space)

Read a defender's post-snap weapons and grade each (+) / (0) / (–) at the Rhythm phase of the drop. A route is open only when it's uncapped by these.

Coverage — his rule & leverage on the route (dominant position).
Cushion — space threshold (4-yd rule): (+) >4yd · (0) =4yd · (–) <4yd.
Collision — disrupts the WR stem before Rhythm: (+) delays/disrupts · (0) contact, no delay · (–) no contact.
Closure — break & drive step vs the WR: (+) ahead (or ahead of QB's hand) · (0) match · (–) after.

Technique families — how he applies leverage

Cushion: Top-Down · Squeeze · Drop · Carry · Reader.
Collision: Funnel · Shock · Wall · Trigger.
Closure: Drive · Curl/Flat.

Pre-snap read — C.A.P.

Coverage = dominant position · Alignment = angle of his hips in time · Personnel = ability to close & cap route-side space. (R4 Glazier clinic 2026)

Coverage families (0–4)

Every coverage is one of five, ID'd by where the free space is: 0 = 0-deep (all-out/man) · 1 = 1-away (single-high) · 2 = 2 middle/hole · 3 = 3 seams · 4 = 4 flats. Name the family → throw to its space.

Anchor your eyes

Anchor by level: Flat 1–10 · Intermediate 10–20 · Deep 20+. Lock vision on the space at your route's level, not the man.

Route pairs — "If they cap it, snap it"

Every vertical has a horizontal answer: Seam→Sit · Corner→Turn out · Cross→Spot · Fade→Curl. Adjust without breaking timing.

The QB clock

Every decision ~0.4s; protection rarely lives past 2.6s. Rhythm 1.8 · Read 2.2 · Rush 2.6. Drops set the timeline (1-step RPO · 2-step quick · quick 3 rhythm · punch 3 rhythm→read · quick 5 intermediate).

Protections & the moving launch point — Rock/Load & Lasso/Rodeo

R4 beats are tied to the launch point, not a fixed drop. Move the launch point and the clock stretches and the read flows to the action side.

Rock (right) / Load (left) — half-roll. Buys ~a beat; the platform slides ~3–4 yds play-side. The Rhythm throw now hits off the roll plant (about a beat later than a true dropback); hitches become lateral slide-gathers. Build the progression play-side high→low and prune the true backside dig/post (throwback tier only). The half-roll keeps a naked/keep answer — a built-in Rush/Release. Footwork: open-step to the call, crossover to gain ground to the launch point, plant the play-side foot, snap the hips square, level shoulders — don't over-run the launch point or the Rhythm throw pulls.

Lasso (right) / Rodeo (left) — sprint-out. Beats go distance-based, not hitch-based. Rhythm = thrown as he clears contain & gets to depth; Read = high–low off the flat/curl defender (build a 3-level flood — corner/out/flat or fade/out/flat with defined depths); Rush/Release = his legs (the run is the automatic outlet). Route timing must match his arrival: the deep/primary breaks open as he clears the tackle; the flat is the late throw, not the first. Footwork: open & crossover gaining width + depth to get outside contain, throw on the run with the feet alive (front shoulder, follow through); pulled up → tuck and run.

Coaching point: on both actions, action-side receivers run their breaks a hair later (or convert/settle if he’s buying time) to match the moving platform — and the backside is a run-or-throwback tier, not part of the on-time read.

Scans, not progressions

Eyes can't run a true 1–5. Use scan families: Solo (1 defender/1 space) · Set (2 in one space) · Split (field in half) · Stack (high–low: floods, boots) · Swipe (boundary↔field). Elite QBs delete options before they read.

Vision — Anchoring

Lock central vision on space, not people; peripheral vision catches movement. Anchor between threats; don't chase receivers.

Pressure rules

Collision on a rhythm route → abort · 6-man vs 5-man protection → low-to-high · Bootleg → never take a sack · Hard corner on a flood → backside dig.

Anticipation standard: ball out at the break (first third of the flight), graded independent of the catch. R4 practice app ↗

Coverage

Learn the coverages and how R4 beats each — then test your eyes. First read every time: count the deep safeties.

Coverage

(OL) Base Run Schemes vs. Multiple Fronts

Your base run schemes drawn up against each front — alignment, technique, and every blocker's job. Strength shown to the right (Y/B side).

Each lineman's line is in his own color · grey = the climb off a combo · blue = the ball. Power, Counter, and Belly are all in — pick a scheme above.

Run Blocking Test

Pick a scheme and a front, then draw up the blocking on the pre-snap picture with your finger. Tap Reveal to flip to the coached answer and check your work. Strength is to the right (Y/B side).

Self-check: draw every blocker's job, then reveal and compare to the coached scheme — down blocks, combos, kicks, pulls, and the ball. Your ink stays on top of the answer so you can see what you missed.

This Week — Chesterton

The plays we're running vs Chesterton, by situation (from the call sheet). Know your job in each.

🎯 Chesterton D — Attack Card · real film · 2 games (WK8 CP + WK10 LaPorte) · 109 tagged snaps

Primarily Cover 0 man-pressure — but they MIX a split-field quarters/C1 package. WK10 was near-pure C0; the regular-season CP game was ~40% C0, ~43% split-field C4/C1, ~14% C4. Carry man-beaters AND quarters-beaters; motion pre-snap to declare it.

Fronts: base is 3-4 / 3-4 Under (61% combined). The 52/Bear was a WK10 sectional wrinkle — prep run rules vs 3-4 first. Pressure: ~16–19% — Mike-driven + Double-A gap. Have a hot answer. Don't lean on the RB swing (OLB peels to carry it).

DB	Leverage	Grades	Attack
Field CB · #26 Reed softest role	Under-inside	Collision − · Closure −	Huskie (Smash) corner · Wave (Flood) post & out.
Boundary CB · #5 Smith Jr	Under-inside	Cushion + · Collision − · Closure −	Keeps cushion → free-release timing (Michigan/Gator); post & out on Wave; double-move if he sits.
Boundary S · #12 Robinson was CB	Mixed	Collision − · Closure −	Man in C0 → A Baylor (Vert Choice) seam / Demon (Post/Corner) vertically.
Field S · #23 Prater was CB	Over-inside	Collision − · Closure −	Man in C0 → A Baylor seam & Demon post/corner behind him.

Open on film: OUT routes (repeatedly), 1-on-1 POST ("no collision, poor break by CB"), free releases (corners don't jam), verticals on both safeties (they don't collision).

Plan: Field CB — Huskie (Smash)/Wave (Flood) · safeties — A Baylor (Vert Choice)/Demon (Post-Corner) · man-beaters vs C0: Michigan (Mesh)/Demon/Baylor · zone-beaters vs split-field: Gator (Snag)/Wave (Flood)/Cowboy (Waggle) · quick game + hot vs Mike/Double-A. Motion to declare man vs zone.

Grade the DB

Read the coverage defender's R4 accelerators — pick each grade, get the throw. QBs & WRs.

Pick all three to get the read.

Graded at the Rhythm phase. Cushion: + off · 0 even · − press. Collision: + jam · 0 touch · − none. Closure: + ahead · 0 match · − late.

Know Your Offense

Playbook

The wristband does the remembering — you do the playing.

The Language

Wristband calls — same play, three ways

Flip = run the mirror

Color / word = formation strength

How a call reads

The engine

Formation tags to know

Motions & shifts

Cadence — the snap count

On Set — "Sonic"

On 1 — one clap

On 2 — two claps

No Play — "Check with me"

How to remember it

Flashcards

Quiz Yourself

My Install

My Position

Draw It Up

Route Test

QB Reads

The R4 Passing System

The 4

Defining "open" — the Cap system

Accelerators — the 4 C's (how a defender CAPS space)

Technique families — how he applies leverage

Pre-snap read — C.A.P.

Coverage families (0–4)

Anchor your eyes

Route pairs — "If they cap it, snap it"

The QB clock

Protections & the moving launch point — Rock/Load & Lasso/Rodeo

Scans, not progressions

Vision — Anchoring

Pressure rules

Coverage

(OL) Base Run Schemes vs. Multiple Fronts

Run Blocking Test

This Week — Chesterton

🎯 Chesterton D — Attack Card · real film · 2 games (WK8 CP + WK10 LaPorte) · 109 tagged snaps

Grade the DB