Air Raid Concepts: Smash, Divide, and Conquer

Ladies and gentleman, welcome to another installment of our summer pastime: breaking down the new offense led by Seth Littrell.

As we have seen in previous editions, plays in the Air Raid system are comprised of simple concepts that are meant to strain a defense vertically and horizontally. The Smash concept is another one of those simple-yet-effective play types designed to create – or attack – open space. Originally designed against Cover 2, this play can also be run against m…