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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 1098797" data-attributes="member: 4199">This is a little cross-conflating.  In the running game, the center almost always gets a double team.  Typically the playside guard will combo and one of the two will release up to a linebacker or just road grade the two them together in a pile of bodies.  About the only time when he doesn't is on toss sweeps or certain trap schemes.  Of course your probably aren't going to trap a 0 or 1 technique.  Just isn't enough space/time for that.In the pass game, "just double the end" is harder that it sounds.  If he's aligned on the outside shoulder of the tackle, a guard cannot reliably help.  He can swing out, of course, but he has to to defend the inside gaps first.  In an odd front, he has to honor one of the ILBs before he swings out.  If the end is head up on the tackle, the guard still can't just crash down because he's created a natural lane for that linebacker to rush up the middle.  If you're needing to pass protect against a 0 NT, one of guards can pop the NT, giving the center 1/2 a beat to survive. That's all he needs.And most pass defenses are even fronts these days, even 3-4 base tends to shift to 2-4 nickel.  In those situations, the guard to the 1T side is more or less forced help, at least briefly, due to leverage.  If both Ts are 3Ts, then the center is just there to handle stunts or late rushing linebackers.</blockquote>

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