I appreciate your insight– younger generation of coaches can definitely learn from older!

The inside run threat (Wing-T Buck Trap) precedes the C/D gap threat of Wing-T Buck Sweep, forcing the defense to prioritize “A” gap defense first — and lest we forget, Buck Sweep a la Wing-T is not a hashes/numbers/sideline play by design.

In short, I still have a problem calling any of these variations “buck sweep”, but that is probably because I am older than dirt…

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Great point. I agree the clips shown are actually a number of different plays. (Jab Sweep, Lombardi Sweep, etc) I’ve consolidated them for explanation purposes so someone who is new to the game will be able to recognize the general blocking scheme and learn. (Hence the “buck” in parenthesis) With respect to the inside run threat to be true buck sweep, I’d consider the Michael Vick clip a modern version of the buck sweep, where the Quarterback can act as the inside run threat.

Read Sweep, sure; power sweep, fine, Lombardi sweep, no problem — none of them involve an inside run fake. Just don’t call this “buck sweep”…