After a handful of weeks of digging into some situational football – red zone, explosive plays, etc. – we’re back to digging into some individual concepts. Today, we’re looking at how the Packers did with the Stick concept in 2021.
As with a lot of these concepts, the origin of Stick can be tough to pin down. It grew to prominence with Bill Walsh and the West Coast system, but, as is the case with so many West Coast concepts, instances of Stick can be found in Sid Gillman’s offense 20 years earlier.
1981 Philadelphia Eagles (Sid Gillman)
1985 San Francisco 49ers (Bill Walsh)
2012 Green Bay Packers (Mike McCarthy)
At its core, Stick revolves around a single route: the Stick route.