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Sep 23, 2024
5:53:38pm
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Evolution of play that resulted in Lassiter's TD
The first iteration is a bubble screen to a WR in motion, as used against Utah State in 2019 (B. Romney to G. Romney, clip starts at 19:35):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=zoS8NgpAPw8lEboO&t=1175&v=mOuUiHbb76Y&feature=youtu.be

After showing that look a few times, ARod creates a variation of it, where the same WR motions toward the middle, stops on a dime, then peels off, leaving the defender in the dust and wide open for a score. This one features Cody Epps against Notre Dame in 2022:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QDA4QsOJo7k?si=MVYJ2Qisyd_bcIiW

The Lassiter TD plays off of that iteration. Here, Epps motions in, stops, and peels off, just like he did against ND. The defense is looking for it; both the man assigned to Epps and the man assigned to Lassiter start cheating over to cut Epps off. This leaves a seam for Lassiter to go right up the middle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=wIdysHlePHIWXsSZ&t=225&v=5jh2cfjmQ5M&feature=youtu.be

Pretty nifty work by ARod to build on what he has shown before and bait the D into leaving an opening.
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