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The mystery of our fascination with Outside Zone
So I'll gladly listen to anyone that wants to correct me on this one, but it sure looks to me like the Chiefs STILL prefer an outside zone running system and for the life of me I cannot figure out why.
There's an article in the Athletic that really sums up my confusing in a lot of ways. It's about the Lions dedication to a power gap scheme. Here's a little blurb that kinda makes my point for me: Quote:
WHY IS THIS NOT OUR RUNNING GAME!?!?! Teams have been doing that Fangio shit to us for 2+ years now. They're living in light boxes and when we run the ball we're leading with our chins and running this damn outside zone crap that A) Doesn't take advantage of our power blockers as well and B) Lets the defense do what it wants to do, which is use speed and move laterally to race us to the sidelines and seal off big gains. It can essentially run Nickel formations and still manage that. Maybe they're doing more gap running than I realize or maybe I'm just too damn stupid to see the bigger picture of what they're trying to accomplish. But man - I will never understand why we haven't made teams 'pick your poison' more. When we run, it should absolutely be a gap scheme designed to just maul guys rather than this outside zone crap that just does them a massive favor while not taking advantage of our OL's greatest strengths. |
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09-24-2022, 06:34 AM | #61 |
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I don't know the names of all of the schemes that the Chiefs play in the run game however it seems, to me, that when a yard or two is needed, the Chiefs struggle to just line up and get it done. Some play that takes a long time develop occurs and the Chiefs lose yardage and have to punt.
Everything worked against the Cardinals and the Chargers appeared to know what was coming at them. Is it the personnel, the coaching or a combination of both? |
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09-24-2022, 03:55 PM | #62 |
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Well at least we are not running the Twilight Zone.
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09-24-2022, 03:57 PM | #63 | |
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michael burton was undefeated converting short yardage fans still remember a couple years ago, before trey and creed, when we couldn't run power for shit
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09-26-2022, 08:51 AM | #65 |
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I just have nothing to add to this:
This is not a team that's going to excel by continuing with the RPO/OZ concepts. They need to build a new plane while they're flying it here. This just isn't working.
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09-26-2022, 12:00 PM | #67 |
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I don't understand why we are so married to it. I wish Andy would explain it to us but we'll never get it out of him.
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10-01-2022, 03:07 AM | #68 |
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Many people, including myself, have been begging the Chiefs to run a power or gap scheme since last year.
I'm not going to claim I'm smarter than Reid or EB but I feel the Gap/Power scheme fits this line, running back room and offense much better than this outside zone scheme. It would also speed up the defense requiring them to commit earlier. OBJ, Thuney, Creed all come from and played at a very high level with a gap/power scheme. Trey Smith has the body, strength and mind to dominate as well. |
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10-01-2022, 04:37 AM | #69 |
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I don't know who's to blame but the running game is absolutely not this group of coaches finest hour. By this point they really should have worked out the players they have, what they can and can't do, and what defences are anticipating, and somewhat work around that. None of that seems to be happening.
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10-03-2022, 01:57 PM | #71 |
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Definitely noticed more gap looks this week. And honestly, I think the willingness to utilize them made the zone stuff more effective.
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And yes, I did mean to use cutblock. Tequila affects my brain more than whisky it seems.
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[QUOTE=DJ's left nut;16482589]I sent out the Sorter signal; he saw I started a thread and thought "Holy crap, I'll bet this is AWESOME..."
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Then you have the cross screen game that they were wicked with in Philly because of people overflowing to the zone run side.
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