A closer look at Cam Newton’s first passing touchdown of the 2015 season.
The "snag" concept is one of the simplest, yet most effective passing concepts in all of football. It is a three man route combination that can be run out of any personnel package. As Smart Football’s Chris Brown notes, it can be used to attack almost any type of zone coverage because the play design forces the defense to account for three receivers with only two defenders:
The insight behind the triangle is that the horizontal and the vertical stretch are combined to create a single straightforward read for the quarterback that provides answers no matter what the defense presents.