This is the most basic of football plays, usually called “24 iso” when it’s run by 9-year-olds playing Pop Warner ball. This is a basic “iso” play on the goal line, which simply means that the play is intended to isolate a single linebacker with the fullback, in this case matching up poor Manti Teo with the Monstar. The vaunted 2012 line ran a lot of zone, but there was a healthy mix of power stuff mixed in as well. This film isn’t particularly kind to Calvin Ridley who should have engaged his man, but watching Bo give him a ride into the end zone is fun: Good luck getting him to the ground at that point.
Alabama game lineman jumping line and blocking point full#
Bo got the ball five yards in the backfield and no one touched him until he was three yards past the line, so he had plenty of time to get up to full speed. Howard, his lead blocker, and Robinson has pummeled the defensive end inside. At the handoff, note that the linemen have fired off the ball and Bo’s pads are square to the line of scrimmage. This is a basic “off-tackle” lead play, by definition designed to run off the outside hip of the offensive tackle, in this case Cam Robinson. Below is the first touchdown of the Peach Bowl and man, is it sexy. While former offensive coaches Lane Kiffin and Mario Cristobal generally favored the ZBS, there were times late in the season when Alabama went old school, mostly when battering ram Bo Scarbrough was in the game. Let’s take a look at a few examples, shall we? “Man” Blocking Conversely, the ZBS strategy tasks the linemen with blocking a particular area and the back with finding the natural crease that is created. To that end, the two linemen in that gap will block their assigned man in opposite directions. In a man blocking scheme, the runner is instructed to attack a pre-determined gap in the line and the offensive linemen are tasked with opening that gap. In general, there is one key difference between the two schemes. For the junkies, SBNation’s Pittsburgh Steelers site has an outstanding longform explaining the blocking assignments within the ZBS and the New England Patriots site explains that the scheme Daboll comes from leans more toward man blocking. Today we are going to go over the basics of each strategy including some pros and cons. The difference between a “zone” blocking scheme (ZBS) and traditional “man” blocking (also sometimes called a “power” or “gap” scheme, the terms are interchangeable) is often a point of confusion for fans. It will be particularly interesting to see what type of blocking scheme is favored in the run game. As we crawl closer to football season, Alabama fans are waiting with bated breath to see just what the offense will look like under new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll.
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