I love Zone blocking compared to man.
Too many things can go wrong in a man blocking scheme.
Even if you’re OL isn’t the best you can still pop some nice runs even if guys miss blocks because the way it’s designed the DL really can’t do anything right because the RB can just cut inside or continue outside.
Agree.
Man blocking was great in the early nineties when DTs still averaged about 280 and the Cowboys were the 1st team to go all in on size for the OL with OLines that averaged about 320.
As teams started to get bigger and bigger DLinemen, man blocking became difficult without an entire line of physically dominant OLinemen.
By far the #1 reason the Rams dominated the Cowboys in the playoff game was due to the Rams zone blocking scheme.
Marinelli's defensive scheme just couldn't handle good zone blocking teams and that continued into the 2019 season.
In this seasons game vs the Rams the run defense didn't always "look" great but they managed to hold the Rams to 3.8 yards/attempt.
- It was refreshing to see the defense mix things up against the Rams this time instead of doing the same thing on every snap.
The 49ers made it to the Super Bowl last year due largely to their version of the zone blocking scheme.
- The 49ers used sets with a FB and TE in zone blocking; whereas, the Rams lead the league in using 3 WR sets.
- The 49ers Head Coach's father was the first Head Coach to completely commit to the zone blocking scheme.
- Mike Shannahan became the Head Coach of the Broncos in 1995. He committed to obtaining OLinemen to run OL coach Alex Gibbs ZBS.