passing concept
Sail Concept
Sail is a three-level concept (many playbooks call it a flood): three receivers attack one side of the field at three levels to outnumber the defenders responsible for that side.
How Sail Is Built
Crucible's Sail sends a deep pogo route to carry the corner and safety, a sail breaking toward the sideline at 12 yards, and an option route at about 6 yards. Against two defenders to that side, one level is always open.
What Sail Beats
- Cover 3: the post safety and the defender under the sail cannot cover three levels at once.
- Cover 2 Tampa, with the sail landing in the sideline hole behind the corner.
- Rotating coverages that roll away from the Sail side.
How the QB Reads It
Read high to low: the deep defender first, then the defender under the sail. Against Cover 3 that is the post safety, then the strong safety playing the Curl/Flat zone; against Cover 2 Tampa, the curl linebacker under the sail. If that defender sinks and widens under the sail, throw the short route; if it stays low, throw the sail. In Crucible's Sail Dig, you read Sail first, then the Dig on the backside.
The Routes in Sail
Sail
Option
Pogo
Rep Sail Against These Coverages
Cover 131 plays to rep against
Cover 2 Tampa31 plays to rep against
Cover 331 plays to rep against
Cover 431 plays to rep against
Cover 4p15 plays to rep against
Cover 631 plays to rep against
Cover 3 Buzz31 plays to rep against
Cover 3 Weak Buzz31 plays to rep against
+ 4 more in Crucible
Sail Plays in Crucible
Sail Dig
Related routes
- Sail
