RAWR

POSITION

ARCHETYPE(S)

ROLE

QB

Pocket Passer or Backfield Creator

QB

HB1

North/South Receiver or Elusive Bruiser

HB1 & PWHB

HB2

East/West Playmaker or Elusive Bruiser

HB2 & 3DHB

WR1

Physical Route Runner or Route Artist

WR1

WR2

Speedster or Elusive Route Runner

WR2

WR3

Gritty Possession or Route Artist

WR3 & SLWR2

TE1

Vertical Threat or Physical Route Runner

TE1 & SLWR1

TE2

Pure Possession or Gritty Possession

TE2 & FB

TE3

Gritty Possession or Pure Blocker

TE3 & FB*

LT

Agile or Pass Protector

LT

LG

Agile or Raw Strength

LG

C

Raw Strength or Pass Protector

C

RG

Agile or Well Rounded

RG

RT

Agile or Raw Strength

RT

Notes :

• QB : It's a Play-Action heavy offense, but not necessarily a Boot Action heavy one, so I don't put as much emphasis on mobility here, so Pocket Passer and Sleight of Hand take top priority.

• HB : The HB1 is primarily your first down back, & short yardage back, where your HB2/3DHB will eat up most 2nd & Long and 3rd Down snaps. HB1 should lean a bit more towards power and being a bellcow, with the HB2 leaning more towards being dynamic, but both should be able to catch the ball out of the backfield.

• FB : This offense won't use a FB, instead it will use either TE2 or TE3 at FB, depending on how deep your TE rotation is.

• WR : The WR1 needs be a security blanket with Sure Hands, so I'd look to PRR & Route Artist, but lean PRR because of Downhill with WR1 having a 30% chance of taking handoffs. Now, WR2 should be someone dynamic with the ball in their hands as they will take 70% of WR handoffs. In both cases, they will be involved in the Mid Screen & Shallow Screen game as well, so the more RAC ability the better.

• TE : I removed a lot of Y-Flex formations because I didn't like the play selection as much, and decided that TE1 will also play SLWR1 as a replacement. This will split him out wide a lot, while still playing TE1 in some 11 personnel groupings that don't use the SLWR. So that's why I aim for a Vertical Threat TE, as they will be playing a good chunk of their shogtun snaps out wide. The TE2 should be a well-balanced & better blocker, as they will slide in as TE1 when the SLWR is involved, making for some cool 2TE looks out of non-12p looks.

• OL : Looking for Agile here, but will want to develop run blocking as your primary focus. Lots of Tackle Trap runs, so the tackles will need to be athletic, as well as Crack Toss & Mid Screens needing them out in space. The guards should be athletic as well, but there is a bit more wiggle room there, as there are some power runs with them as pullers, but mostly they'll be zone blocking on the inside. I've never liked Agile centers, better off using the run blocking abilities from Raw Strength, or PA Pass Blocking abilities from Pass Protectors.