Coach Mountjoy??

Sounds great! A team that makes a living with zone plays (such as Alex Gibbs; U. of Minnestoa; ETC.) will attempt to make the play go into reduction. The reason I don't force the play into reduction (although your suggestion above is VERY GOOD) is the RB will usually cutback (which is not what I want him to do), and if there is a shade backside (or 2I) may have to wind it all the way back beyond the Off-G to the "wide" side of the defense. What we would LIKE to do is run the Counter back to the "wide" side to essentially the same spot - which gets us more yds. than the cutback off inside zone.

Your thinking is VERY SOUND for those teams that want to make the Tight Zone hold up against almost everything!

Coach Joe - Yes, I'm looking right at the Tight Zone Force Strong vs a weak reduction with the S/S down strong (in my notes). What you are saying is that you would run it strong into the "Over" front, correct? It looks good to me. 2 things to check out - you WILL get a 6 or 9 tech DE (you were concerned with that), and the RB will probably cutback. As you invision the play - isn't the RB going to cutback off the 3 tech? I wish we could go over this on the dry erase board - it is hard to visualize it.

Denver permits the RB ONE cut & "live with it - they don't like "dancers". The two best "zone runners" I ever saw (JOHN RIGGINS & TERELL DAVIS) were NOT cutback runners. All the spotstcasters used to talk about Terell Davis "cutting back", which was a bunch of crap! As you know, Alex Gibbs showed film for an hour or more showing how Davis almost always crammed the ball at the aiming point. We TRY to call the play so as to minimize the chance of cutbacks. Good RB coaches don't talk much about cutbacks - most will tell you that the BEST cutback is NO cutback, and it should be natural. IF you DO cutback - make one decisive cut at the heel depth of the O-Line & "LIVE WITH IT"!!!!!

I know I'm probably not doing a good job of answering your question. Call me at 804-740-4479 so I can discuss it via phone!!!

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