Scoring In The Red Zone

Coach Charlie Stubbs shows how to finish drives in the red zone by scoring touchdowns instead of settling for three. The session is built around knowing your own offense and reading what the defense is giving you as the field shortens. "We call the kicker the 'eraser' because when he's out there it's because somewhere we didn't get the job done," Coach Stubbs says, and the rest of the video is about avoiding that trip.

What you'll learn

• Red zone strategies that finish drives with touchdowns rather than field goals
• What to stay away from once you cross the red zone line
• Avoiding the three red zone negatives: turnovers, sacks and tackles for loss, and penalties
• The value of the incomplete pass
• What triggers the red zone defense by yard line and by down and distance
• How defenses attack in the red zone - blitzing to disrupt, containing and adjusting coverage
• Why defenses lean on zone coverage down there
• Self-scouting your personnel groupings, down and distance, hash, yard line and formations
• Core run and pass plays with a proven track record, plus red zone passing game philosophy

Who it's for

College and high school offensive coordinators and play callers whose teams move the ball between the twenties and stall inside them.

About the coach

Charlie Stubbs was an offensive coordinator and passing game coordinator at Oregon State, Memphis, Tennessee-Martin, UNLV, Alabama, Tulsa and Louisville. He began his coaching career on the BYU staff, and in his second year as an assistant the Cougars won the national championship.

The second of five videos in the series, with extensive game footage. Runtime: about 56 minutes.