Ed Warinner: Offensive Line Zone & Gap Schemes with Adjustments!
Inside Zone Scheme
In this section, the speaker discusses the inside zone scheme and how to make adjustments to it.
Running Inside Zone to Your Left
- Instead of having your tight end zone through the C gap, you could go to the left and run inside zone to your left.
- Man block or double our combo here to the Mike boom combo to the will.
- Bring your tight end back and misdirect cross and block the backside defensive end.
Cross Action by Tight End
- The cross action by the tight end is a popular scheme that helps with linebackers who don't play downhill as fast.
- You can do that with two backs in the backfield and have your fullback do it.
Adjustments Associated with Inside Zone
- If they put too many people up there for you to block, you can run an RPO where you can run the ball and block six if there's a seventh defender near the box giving you problems then you can throw a pass off the seventh defender.
- If they want to add an extra player down there that doesn't get blocked, then you can have a glance or quick slant on the backside as an option.
- This set brings in the back or tight end across zoning to your left if they want.
Making Adjustments
- A lot of teams are now running RPO when they see an extra player coming off from defense.
- You can go bubbles, slants, fades depending on what coverage is out there that gives options on either side of running backs.
- If they want to make this guy be an extra pat down there that doesn't get blocked then you can RPO off the free safety on the backside single receiver with a glance or fade.
- If they're bringing an extra player down, then you can RPO off the free safety on the backside single receiver with a glance or fade.
- These are some different thoughts on our inside zone and how we make some adjustments to it.