Editing Screen pass (section)

{{Short description|Kind of play in North American football}}
[[File:Bubble Screen Example (2).png|thumb|321x321px|This is an example of a bubble screen pass against a basic 3-4 defense. The two outside wide receivers on the left will block for the [[slot receiver]] running the bubble screen. ]]
A '''screen pass''' is a play in [[gridiron football]] consisting of a short pass to a receiver who is protected by a screen of blockers.<ref name="Grasso2013">{{cite book|author=John Grasso|title=Historical Dictionary of Football|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YTUPQ2Zm-dQC&pg=PA357|access-date=1 September 2013|date=13 June 2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7857-0|pages=357–}}</ref> During a screen pass, a number of things happen concurrently in order to fool the defense into thinking a long pass is being thrown, when in fact the pass is merely a short one, just beyond the [[defensive linemen]]. Screens are usually deployed against aggressive defenses that rush the passer. Because screens invite the defense to rush the [[quarterback]], they are designed to leave fewer defensive players behind the rushers to stop the play.