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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 355317" data-attributes="member: 4199">Now, you're probably who I need to be yelling at, but I feel there's this "Zone blocking is bad because it's not POWER blocking!  Therefore, zone blocking must be wussy-blocking" mentality.Don't think of it as zone vs. power.  Think of it as zone vs. man blocking, just like man vs zone defenses in the secondary.There are few real difference between the two.In man (power) schemes, there are specific matchups for who to block.  Ergo, playside guard and center double the nose tackle, then one of them release and pick off an inside linebacker.  In a zone scheme, they would likely do the exact. same. thing.  They (the o-line) just aren't assigned a specific defender when the play is drawn up.The backside players have a pretty similar job--run towards the intended running gap/hole and get in the way.  The difference is that in zone, they always cut block.  That's it.My biggest complaint is they play(s) that they don't run (often) is when the backside guard pulls and leads in the hole or kicks out the defender with outside contain.  Wisconsin is primarily a zone team and they run beautifully--but they do have that pulling guard scheme.</blockquote>

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