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• #Run n gun football meaning pro#

The RB on a outside or “stretch” run play is not looking to get to the sideline then cut up the field like a power sweep.

If a lineman can’t get the position desired on the defender then he uses the “run” technique which simply means he is going to run his defender to the sideline. Any delay could allow your RB to make a single cut up the field to the open field. This is the preferred outcome because you can also pin chasing players like LBs who are trying to get outside with your man creating a sort of a mosh pit of traffic for defenders to avoid getting to the edge. That is not always possible so the offensive linemen use a technique called “rip and run” which is used to block their man.If the lineman can get between his man and the sideline he uses the “rip” which means he pushes the lineman away from the sideline back toward the center of the field. So each lineman’s goal is to get outside of their assigned defender and get between the defender and the play-side sideline. At the snap, the telltale sign of an outside zone run is the kick step to the sideline the offensive line takes. If he is uncovered he must step “play side” which is the direction of the run and block the next player in his path. If he is covered then he just basically blocks the guy in front of him. First of all the linemen have to understand if they are covered (a defender directly in front of him) or not. The tenets of the blocking assignments for the outside zone run are actually fairly easy to understand. If the play is a basic outside zone run you are looking for the RB to cut back against the flow of the defense in the inevitable crease that develops during the play. By doing so you can “counter” the defense by getting them flowing in one direction then having the play double back to the opposite side. This gets the defense to flow as quickly as possible to that side of the field as well. The basis for an outside zone or stretch zone run is to get the running back to the edge of the defense. I will try to categorize each step as simply as possible. There are freedoms some team use like RPOs which give the QB the “run-pass option” or a read option where the QB reads the defense to decide whether to run it or pass it. Some prefer to be under center while others like to be in shotgun formation.

#Run n gun football meaning pro#

How Alex Gibbs is not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame is beyond my comprehension.Įvery franchise uses these schemes in their own unique way. It made a 6th round draft pick from Georgia, RB Terrell Davis, into a Hall of Fame player. Gibbs’ adaptation (with the help of Mike Shanahan) aided the Broncos to win back to back Super Bowl wins in 1998 & 99. The concept of a zone blocking scheme was created by the Bill Belichick disciple Kirk Ferentz, the Iowa Hawkeyes head coach, though his blocking design didn’t come into wide spread use in the NFL until it was skillfully coached by Alex Gibbs. Every offensive line coach has his own variation of the scheme with minor tweaks here and there. This will be a rudimentary explanation as I don’t want to get too intricate. With teams running power/gap schemes along with inside zone or outside zone schemes I thought I would show you the basic differences between them.