Quote:The Jaguars use zone blocking under HC Gus Bradley usually inside zone (IZ), outside zone (OZ) and stretch.  The OZ has a tatic of Pin & Pull where the lineman attempts to pin the backside defensive linemen, while the next backside offensive linemen pulls around the block and up to a track to the second level.

 

One should take that into consideration when creating plays.

 

I have to tell you, I've been thinking about your post here for the past few days and it doesn't really make sense to me. the Pin and Pull to me is what I call a 'Fold' block but it's more commonly used in "down" blocking scheme; in other words, the Linemen (or at least a majority of them) are blocking in the opposite direction as the play. This runs counter to what I think of when I think 'Outside Zone' (OZ), but I am by no means an expert on Zone Blocking. I'll try and diagram what I am talking about below, but technology may be an obstacle here:

 

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So I can't find a way to post up a photo of an OZ play, so I am posting a link to a Google Images search results page. These plays all show the Linemen flowing in the direction of the play, and using a "reach" block to seal off the Defender to their playside. Now, I have coached up a Down Blocking scheme where you Fold Block the Playside Guard around the Tackle, provided that the Guard's blocking assignment is a Linebacker that is inside of him. In this case, the Tackle will block "away" from the play direction (the Pin maybe?) and the Guard will fold around (the Pull) in the direction of the play. Is this what you're talking about?

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