Zone Read Play versus 32 front?

We zone the backside and don't have him release inside and work back out. With most teams we play that run something similar to a 32, that backside guy is normally a tackle so he's used to playing B gap and often does. We're working on the zone play first.

I heard Meyer speak in Atlantic City. If I understood him correctly, they're actually working three plays together - the zone, the keep (from the read), and the wr screen to the keep side. It would make sense to have the screen as part of this three play option to keep that OLB from taking that sharp angle. When they run the screen, the tackle does take a zone step then works back outside flat down the LOS for the first threat to the screen. The guard also takes a zone step, works back outside, then works to arc-seal the second level perimeter. Both the guard and tackle work under the d-linemen - let them get upfield. They almost always run the screen into the boundary.

We have the slot backpeddle to pitch relationship, which usually holds that backer. We have a playaction off that as well with the slot backpeddle then release. So I think there are several ways to play that OLB. We're going to incorporate the screen into the series this year as well.

I'm going off tape on this one - the wr screen. It seems that if they have a slot (and they often do), then he fits downhill off the upfield shoulder of the tackle. I would tell him not to chase a backer who has taken the zone fake, look for the alley player. The guard should locate the slot for his arc. If anyone has the Utah rules for this, I wouldn't mind seeing them.

So we have:

the zone, the keep (off the read), the option with the slot, and we're motioning to a two-back set some this year which are all off the same blocking scheme.

and the wr screen, the playaction ... and a reverse.

Why not release the BT to the "hanger" defender and still read the 5 tech.?

tog, if you're running the zone t against this, is the guard blocking back on the backside d end?

Just watched some utah cutups to see what they did vs the 3-2. The BS tackle took a flat laterial step playside and read the BS DE and over hang defender. If the over hang defender was playing the fold then the OT went up to him. If the over hang played loose or came off the edge the BS OT tried to get a piece of the DE. He cut him at times or just hinged like the bs tackle on power.

JD