![]() Turning onto Martin Luther King Drive, the route will head to the MacGregor Park Station. The route then takes a southeastern turn onto Wheeler to the UH South/University Oaks Station, which also provides access to the University of Houston. The next stop at Cleburne will provide access to the University of Houston and Texas Southern University. Traveling south on Scott Street leads to the next stop, which will be at the intersection of Elgin Street-providing access and transfers to the University/Blue Line. Before crossing I-69/ US 59 the 2 tracks converge to run together on Texas into the East End where it and the Green Line diverge after EaDo/Stadium Station, which has access to the PNC Stadium, the home venue of the Texas Southern Tigers football, Houston Dynamo & Houston Dash.įrom here, the line continues southward towards the next stop at Leeland. Transfers to the Red Line will occur at the Fannin Station. Four of the line's stations will be in downtown with stops at Smith, Main, Fannin, and Crawford. Both of these downtown sections involve street running in mixed traffic like a traditional streetcar line. The northbound track will run along Capitol Street in downtown, while its southbound counterpart will run down Rusk Street. The Purple Line begins at its northern terminus at Smith Street with split tracks on Capitol and Rusk Streets. The key to the play being successful is the back running the full wheel route.The Purple Line is a 6.6-mile (10.6 km) METRORail light rail/ streetcar route operated by METRO in Houston, Texas, serving Southeast Houston. ![]() ![]() He won't decide to stay in and block if an outside defensive lineman breaks free early, and he won't break off his route early either. This means that no matter what, he’ll be running his full route. The running back will be running a "free release" pattern on this play. (4) Finally, he'll look for that same running back on the Go route down the field for a big play. This isn’t something that he has to do, though. (3)At this point, he may decide to do a hard pump fake to the running back to confuse the defender even more. (2) Next, he'll look toward the running back in the Flat route to throw the defender off. (1) First, he'll be scanning the field and looking at his other receivers to see whether the defense is running man-to-man or zone coverage. While this is all going on, the quarterback will be doing a few things. The running back will head straight downfield toward the other endzone, looking back to the quarterback once he makes his way into open space on the field. This is when the defender will likely try to pounce on this route.Īt this point, the running back will turn that corner (the rounded outside of the wheel) and turn his route directly upfield. Once the running back gets a few yards from the sideline, he’ll look back toward the quarterback as if he were going to receiver a pass from him on this Flat route. This is called a Flat route, and it's designed to serve as a safety net route for the quarterback, in case his primary targets - his wide receivers and then tight end - aren't open. If he's able to break free from the defender, he should have plenty of daylight to run, and a big passing play with huge yardage could ensue.Īt the snap of the ball, the running back will run a curved route toward the sideline. This will hopefully make the defender believe that the ball is going to be thrown as a safer dump-off, behind or near the line of scrimmage.Īt this point, when hopefully the defender bites on the fake, the back will turn the corner and run a "Go" route straight down the field. The back will start by running a route to the flat and will look back toward the quarterback when he gets near the sideline. The wheel route is most commonly designed for running backs. It's called a wheel route because the point at which the receiver turns the route from a "Flat" to a "Go" is similar to turning the corner and making a rounded pattern like the outside of a wheel. In a way, it can be considered a combination route, since it's a mash-up of two different routes into one. The wheel route is designed to deceive the defender into thinking the receiver is running one route, when in fact he's running another. ![]()
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