(08-14-2024, 09:28 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(08-14-2024, 06:37 PM)cland Wrote: To me those pundits sounds like someone who's never seen zone blocking before.   It's not any more complicated than a power/pulling guard type of system.

Wow.

That's, uh, not accurate. 

Whether you are running a gap scheme or a zone scheme there are a dozen ways one scheme to the next can be more or less complex. 

BTW - rpr52121 - Pederson has spoken out on altering his run blocking scheme twice this offseason and the first time he brought it up he used the word "simplify"

Because yes, several of the plays and the multiple variations on those plays had too many bells and whistles for the 11 guys to execute consistently. They went full keystone cops at times trying to pull it off. Of course when two guys out of the 5 are getting ragdolled on 70% of the snaps, that doesn't help either. Timing was there biggest nemesis, which happens when you have a guard, a tackle, a TE, and another TE all not blocking the guy traditionally lined up in front of them during a snap - and that's after trying to set up misdirection with your pre snap motion that put your back or one of the TEs in a weird spot to pull off their assignment. 

 That's a lot of moving parts that need to engage the right defender at the right moment to spring a back.  Pederson loves that kind of stuff. 

It goes WELL beyond just a pulling guard.