The mystery of our fascination with Outside Zone

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Dante84

Is this to help support the passing attack? If the D-linemen are slower to push into the backfield, I'd imagine this buys more time for the QB to scan, and more time for the WR's to get deeper downfield.

There's a counter-reaction to everything, sure, but I'm wondering if this is the logic.

I don't think t helps, though. Especially when it allows DCs to stay in light boxes with smaller/faster personnel groups and not have run defense be a liability because they can use that speed to flow to the edges and cut off those outside runs.

If you want to help the passing attack, get teams worried about getting blasted up the interior so they put a Nnadi sort of guy in the middle or a Ragland sort at LB.

As it stands you can easily run a heavy nickel against us as a base defense. And you will give more reps to a guy like say Dre'Mont Jones on the interior vs. a Nnadi/Pennel sort.