RB Reads on Outside Zone

ALEX GIBBS WIDE ZONE & TIGHT ZONE:

WIDE ZONE (18/19):

1. RB: LINE UP 7 ½-8 YARDS DEEP. DROP STEP & RUN ON TRACK FOR YOUR LANDMARK - THE BUTT OF THE TE (OR WHERE THE TE WOULD BE) PRESS THE HOLE. READ HATS OF THE FIRST TWO MEN ON THE LOS COUNTING FROM OUTSIDE-IN (EXCLUDING Lbers). IF THE OUTSIDE MAN COMES IN - YOU GO OUT. IF THE OUTSIDE MAN GOES OUT -“ YOU GO IN & READ THE INSIDE MAN (RUN OFF HIM). RB IS PERMITTED ONLY ONE CUT, AND LIVE WITH IT! DETERMINE WHERE YOU WILL CUT BY THE TIME YOU GET TO ORIGINAL ALIGNMENT OF TE'™S BUTT.




TIGHT ZONE (14/15):

1. RB: FIRST STEP LIKE OUTSIDE ZONE & PLANT, CROSS OVER, & ROLL ON TRACK TO YOUR LANDMARK - THE OUTSIDE LEG OF THE ON G - PRESS THE LOS. READ THE HAT OF THE FIRST DLM OUTSIDE THE CENTER (NOT COUNTING A SHADE). IF HE GOES OUT OR DOESN'T MOVE - ROLLBACK READING THE HAT OF THE NEXT DLM INSIDE. IF HE GOES DOWN - READ THE HAT OF THE NEXT MAN ON LOS OUTSIDE OF HIM FOR YOUR CUT. BASICALLY -IF THE DLM YOU ARE READING DOESN'™T PINCH INSIDE, ROLL BACK. DETERMINE WHERE CUT WILL BE WHEN YOU REACH HEELS OF ORIGINAL ALIGN OF ON G.

YOU NEED TO SEE THE VIDEOS TO UNDERSTAND THE ABOVE!!!!!!!!!

Rooster, you're welcome! The outside DLM = #1 read, & the next DLM in = the #2 read (needed only if #1 tells you to go inside of him).

All the great teachers of the play stress that you press the HEELS of the O-Line & not make the cut early. QB still has to "hump ass" to get the ball there. Come out at 4 o'clock right, & 8 o'clock left.

RB makes that one pivot step (pivot on offside foot & point playside foot at butt of TE). Then run the STRAIGHT LINE to the butt of the TE. It's not the speed before the cut that counts as much as the speed thru the LOS AFTER the cut ("not speed to the hole, but speed THRU the hole). In other words - RB must "BE QUICK BUT NOT HURRY" until he makes the cut at heel depth of the O-Line, then he is 100 MPH!

JC - butt of TE! (OR "GHOST TE")

Coach Mountjoy,

Thanks for the info. We're getting the play ready for spring ball, and I'm just trying to make sure that my RB's are not hurrying. We had penetration on some of the reps, and the handoff point seemed a bit too close to the line for the RB to evade the penetration. So I've been using the words 3/4 speed to the hole, and explode through the hole. I've planted the idea of pressing the heels of the TE, but we were initially getting guys flying to the hole then losing momentum having to make the cut.

Thanks,
kel_coach

Bill is correct on showing your RB's cut-ups on the Gibbs tapes. Just last week I showed the cut-ups, both to the TE side and away. The visual aid really helped my RB's in understanding the play better. As a result, they've got the concept, and it looked more like a zone play, albeit without an OLine yet. That's the next step!

butt crack of the end

The AIMING POINT is the butt of the TE, but one of the main differences in running zone schemes is that you teach the RB to READ the DLM, not his blocker, looking for the crease. Just want to offer a suggestion to keep the terms correct when talking to your athletes.

JC

That is true. I watched film of A Gibbs' teams for almost 2 hours yesterday & it is amazing on the WIDE ("outside") ZONE how (since the defender on the TE normally will not allow himself to be reached) that the play (GENERALLY cuts right over the TE's ORIGINAL align. This is just how it seens to work out!

Watching 2004 Falcons' cutups of EVERY zone play run for the entire season. NOTHING CHANGED FROM DENVER!!!!! The Falcons led the NFL in rushing in 2004, averaging 5.1 yds per carry. Pittsburgh was #2, averaging 4.0. Falcons AVERAGED 1.1 yds per carry more than anyone else.

Source of tape cannot be revealed. Copies cannot be made (it belongs to an NFL O-Line coach who brought it by for me to watch). I can't betray my sources!

It will be shown at our July 16th clinic to those in attendance (along with some other update NFL stuff). You are more than welcome to attend (there is no charge) & watch it at length.

PS: They ran QUITE A BIT of tight zone - with FB blocking EITHER BS/DE, OR SS/RUN SUPPORT (with a WR blocking whichever one FB didn't get).

I would most certainly like to go and if I'm not working I'll be there.

Did you notice on the tight zone plays that they always have someone blocking BSDE? Or did they at times leave him unblocked?

Joe - I MENTIONED that in my previous post (above).

IF you plan to come to clinic - you need to let me know ASAP. It is closed to the public, & we cut it off at 20 people (by invitation only). We are already in the upper "teens".

VERY good possibility that 2 retired NFL Coaches will be on hand. We don't publicize the speakers. One retired after LAST season. The other was on Henning's staff at Boston College AND Atlanta Falcons.