QB Tackle-Long-Trap Bash

Misdirection is an effective tool for any offensive coordinator to incorporate into his system. The more you can keep a defense guessing and unsure of what they’re seeing, the slower they’ll play. That’s particularly important in today’s NFL, where the players are faster than ever.

The QB Tackle-Long-Trap “Bash” play is one of many great ways to keep the defense on its heels.

In this Week 15 game between the Bills and Lions last season, Buffalo featured it multiple times for touchdowns.

Below, you can see the play diagrammed. The “Bash” part of the name stands for “Back Away,” meaning the running back goes away from the design of the run. Here, he would go to the left while the tackle pulled to the right on the long trap.

The Bills also incorporated a “bluff” flat route from the fullback on this play, just to complicate things further for the defense:

Quarterback Josh Allen’s read was the end man on the line of scrimmage (EMOL) to the left: