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Packers Film Room: The under center counter run game

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In the last article, we covered the basics of the counter run. Today, we will continue on to look at a few different variations by showing cut-ups of how the Green Bay Packers use counter concepts under center before we move on to shotgun counter plays later on. The cut-ups also include some plays from 2023 as well.

Under center variations

Counter Trey

The counter run concept has different variations. The earliest form of counter is “counter trey,” which utilizes two pullers: the backside guard and backside tackle.

The guard (G) executes a block on the defensive end before the tackle follows the block through to strike a linebacker in this scheme.