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BYU Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall discusses the different assignments on the offense and how to distract the defense with movement. Mendenhall explains that BYU has multiple formations that they run, which makes the defense adjust more frequently.
Mendenhall said, "Usually the more you can have the defensive adjust, pre-snap, or having to recognize different formations, the less predictable you become in the types of plays you run."
Movement by the receiver is key to making the defense question the play type, which forces the defense to communicate.
"What communication does is soften a defense," Mendenhall said. "Rather than being perfectly aligned in their stance…it forces you to acknowledge ‘where is everybody else? I need to tell my partner what I'm going to do.'"
If the offense is able to snap the football while the defense is confused, the offense is ready to make a play, making it more likely that the offense gains some quick yards.
