Big on Big Protection

BIG ON BIG may be as SIMPLE as any protection I ever taught. Center blocks Nose or MLB. Guards blocks first man on LOS outside Center. Tackle blocks second man on LOS outside Center. Back blocks first ILB from inside-out.

You can list 9 million "WHAT-IF'S" - but the ABOVE is what it is all about. You can work it out with pad & pencil.

against a 5-2 look - i assume you can only account for one inside LB. right? Does FB go away from QB and then QB reads hot on playside LB??

Vs a 5-2, our C has nose, Gs have DTs, backs have LBs from inside out, and OTs have DEs as stated earlier. Our FB will go opposite the TE. If an LB walks up over the guard, showing blitz early, our guard will make a "one, one" call. Now the guard has the LB, the OT has the DT, and the back has the DE. This has been easily mastered within a couple days of repping it in the past.

what i teach, and what i was taught as a center was, if the no linebacker shows, you help to either side. drop back 1 step then put your head on a swivel looking for anything that shows. same goes for a guard on an odd front, help goes from inside out. hope that helps

We call it out nasty protection (BOB). Gaurds have #1 man on the LOS and Tackles have #2 man on LOS. If a backer walks up, he is now #1 or #2 respectively. Center goes zero to left side pie (point of pie being buddies and then the broadest part of the pie being both LB's to the left side and including CB) The RB goes opposite of center and has the right pie.

If they walk-up three to the left side, the LT makes a left call and everyone from Center over blocks out (center = 1, gaurd = 2, and tackle = 3)

On the right side, if #3 walks up, then RT makes an eagle call and RB has #3.

If they bring 4, hit a route adjustment, hot, QB scrammble, or in the past, we have made a lucky or ringo call where everyone down blocks the direction of the 4 defenders and QB mini rolls while maintaining reads and routes.

Davis

What is meant by Solid Protection? I read that Oneback said you block man on but what if you do not have a man directly on you, where do you block?