SideLion Report » terrell davis http://sidelionreport.com A Detroit Lions Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Fri, 24 May 2013 20:10:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Offseason Education: The Basics of Zone Blocking http://sidelionreport.com/2011/05/27/offseason-education-the-basics-of-zone-blocking/ http://sidelionreport.com/2011/05/27/offseason-education-the-basics-of-zone-blocking/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 14:00:36 +0000 Ross Husson http://sidelionreport.com/?p=8488 Many teams in the NFL use a zone blocking scheme to open up running lanes.  Zone blocking is what is sounds like.  Instead of offensive lineman blocking other defensive players, they are blocking zones.  The goal of zone blocking is to get constant, positive yardage on every running play.  The team wants to eliminate all [...]

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]]> Many teams in the NFL use a zone blocking scheme to open up running lanes.  Zone blocking is what is sounds like.  Instead of offensive lineman blocking other defensive players, they are blocking zones.  The goal of zone blocking is to get constant, positive yardage on every running play.  The team wants to eliminate all negative running plays even if that means giving up on the “big plays”.

Alex Gibbs, the father of zone blocking:

Screw averages.  We want medians.  The back might average 7 yards per carry, but how often did he get stuffed and put us in 3rd and 10, causing a turnover.

And we do this by eliminating penetration and running a limited number of plays to perfection.

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