This is part three of our Air Raid offense series. After looking over the history and principles of the offense, we’ve covered the basics of offensive line play. Here, we will cover the skill positions and their respective routes.
The Air Raid sought to utilize all five skill positions in the passing game to make a defense cover every part of the field.
F = running back
H = h-back/inside receiver
Y = tight end/inside receiver
X and Z = wide receiver
All offensive systems have some form of a route tree -- the composite of all routes run by all positions.