247: Reviewing the Offensive Line

When you are a self-proclaimed Inside Zone team, you are not putting yourself in a position to have very many big plays in the running game.  Especially when you're doing it mostly out of 21 or 12 personnel (or 22).

No matter how good your offensive line is playing.

 
Yeah I’ve noticed ever since Riley was hired our run game has been horrible. (Doesn’t help we lost Abdullah) The lack of long run plays has been ridiculous. Most were made my Tommy Armstrong or a blown assignment nothing that we have done. It’s sad when a 10 yard run is considered a long run. I’d love to look at our long run from each game and see if we have 3 above 25 yards this year. 

 
Big runs come from superior down field and perimeter blocking (we are very good apparently) and pure break aways speed RBs.   We lack there as well.  It also helps to have FBs and TEs that are great blockers that help to spring the ball carriers into the secondary where he has a chance to make people miss and go.   We also don't do a good job of surprising the defense with run plays in obvious passing situations and or from spread out formations which can create defensive weak spots.     

 
Mavric said:
When you are a self-proclaimed Inside Zone team, you are not putting yourself in a position to have very many big plays in the running game.  Especially when you're doing it mostly out of 21 or 12 personnel (or 22).

No matter how good your offensive line is playing.
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This is important. An inside zone play is a second level blocking play....fire off to combo blocks, set, then onto the linebacker. A good zone team makes this look like one smooth move.

In 10 or 11 personnel that's one or two backers to block and then often only 1 deep safety for the RB to beat. In the personnel packages Mav listed, not only is it harder to block the numbers in the box but you're more likely to see a 2 or 3 deep shell, they may crash the corners, etc.

Wisconsin in the second half is an example. They blocked well, we didn't defend well and they were getting more 10 yard runs than 70 yard runs. 

 
brophog said:
This is important. An inside zone play is a second level blocking play....fire off to combo blocks, set, then onto the linebacker. A good zone team makes this look like one smooth move.

In 10 or 11 personnel that's one or two backers to block and then often only 1 deep safety for the RB to beat. In the personnel packages Mav listed, not only is it harder to block the numbers in the box but you're more likely to see a 2 or 3 deep shell, they may crash the corners, etc.

Wisconsin in the second half is an example. They blocked well, we didn't defend well and they were getting more 10 yard runs than 70 yard runs. 
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I would like to see the team that gets more 70 yard runs than 10 yard runs. That would be the only thing run the damn ball guy would approve of.

 
Wow...forgot about Riordan.  My kid used to line up next to him every game.  Throw the kid in there...he's got the potential to be a good one.

 
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