zone blocking scheme Stories - Revenge of the Birds
Thank You, Houston Texans' Offensive Line
Rivers' exquisitely crafted note of gratitude to Wade Phillips gave us an idea. For the next several days, we'll periodically be posting entries thanking various people who had a hand in making the Texans' 2011 season as enjoyable as it was. The season's over, which blows, but there's a lot to...
Roll On: Watch the Cal Offensive Line Versus EWU
Pop quiz! Which runs above were opened up by power run/man blocking, and which ones were opened up by zone blocking? Leave your answers in the comments. I thought about using the same moniker as last week, but the question of "How Cal Should Beat Eastern Washington" is a lot easier to answer:...
An Interview With An Original Texan: Steve McKinney
Today I was lucky enough to sit down and talk to one of the original Houston Texans, offensive lineman Steve McKinney. For those of you who are new to following the team, Steve is a Houston native who attended Clear Lake H.S. and Texas A&M University before being drafted in 1998 by the...
Zone Blocking Tutorial: Inside Zone Runs
Zone blocking is one of the most discussed - yet least understood - strategies in football today. There are nearly as many different opinions on zone blocking as there are people who have heard of zone blocking, and most of the debate comes from people who couldn't tell you the first thing about...
Morning Coffee Is An Unabashed Loser
A little nicked up. During the weekly MB-TF feature, "From the film room" (sorry can't link it), Greg Davis mentions that he has some nicked up offensive players. Looking at the body language on the field and watching Jordan Shipley limp off after getting his leg twisted under him on a tackle, I...
Zone Blocking Versus Man Blocking & What it Means for the Arizona Cardinals
I read an article earlier in the offseason about the Cardinals shifting away from the traditional power (or man) blocking schemes that they've utilized in the past to a zone blocking scheme. Being that I had never played on or followed a team that ran the system, my knowledge of it was pretty...
From The Much Maligned To The Redesigned
For years the Texans have been stereotyped as a team that couldn't protect the quarterback, and rightfully so. In 2002, the Texans offensive line surrendered a record 76 sacks. Despite the 2003 turnaround in which the Texans cut the sack total by more than half (36), 2004 and 2005 saw that number...
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