Russ Grimm Rules

EVERYTHING is based on "COVERED"/"UNCOVERED":


ZONE RULES:

TEACH "COVERED/UNCOVERED" (TO DETERMINES WHO ZONE BLOCKS
AND WHO MAN BLOCKS).

A. IF YOU ARE UNCOVERED (BY A DLM) — ZONE WITH YOUR PLAYSIDE TEAMMATE.

B. IF YOU ARE COVERED (BY A DLM) — ZONE WITH YOUR BACKSIDE TEAMMATE (UNLESS HE IS COVERED THEN YOU MUST MAN BLOCK).

NOTE: IF YOUR MAN IS STACKED IN A "TANDEM" — ZONE WITH TEAMMATE WHOSE MAN IS ALSO STACKED.

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Check that out in the following exerpts from articles about Grimm:


Grimm has simple approach

Kent Somers
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 7, 2007 07:12 PM

Effective simplicity

Some coaches like to hand out playbooks containing intricately designed plays, complete with footnotes that explain how assignments can change depending on the defensive look.

When Grimm is teaching, each player draws the play. Grimm goes over the assignments and how the play will look against various schemes.

"It's always better if you make them write it down," Grimm says. "They're better at taking notes than if you give them the whole play with all the little descriptions underneath. I make them write it down, and then we go over it every night.

"I start with the play, I make them understand what everybody else is doing on the play."

CHECK THIS: It sounds complicated, but Grimm reminds his linemen of this: When the ball is snapped, either you'll have a guy in front of you or you won't. He gives them a set of simple rules for either situation to avoid any blown assignments.

"I think maybe his approach is unique," says Whisenhunt, who worked with Grimm with the Steelers for six years. "He kind of takes what we're doing and puts it into rules that simplify it for the offensive line. He has a great way of categorizing their responsibilities and putting it together that, to me, has been pretty unique."

Grimm's method eliminates the need for multiple calls at the line of scrimmage. When they break the huddle, his linemen might note the defensive front and where the middle linebacker is. Maybe there will be one other call. But that's it. And that's unusual in the NFL. "There's none of that panic up there," center Al Johnson says. "Hopefully, it equates to a lot less mental errors, a lot less confusion."


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Check this one also:

Grimm looking to keep Cards grounded
Cardinals offensive line coach Russ Grimm symbolizes what Arizona

Sando By Mike Sando
ESPN.com
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"Basically, you can't come to the sidelines and say you couldn't hear the call," Johnson said. "It's very simple rules. You are either covered or you are uncovered. They slide at the last second and you are uncovered, you know your rule. Everybody is accountable for what they need to do."


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