Questions About Near Ear Blocking?

Counter Gap good question the near ear rules are built of of zone concept of blocking, I ask my linemen to find the nearest ear and use it for helmet placement. If faced against a head up defender it becomes the playside ear, always pull uncovered linemen with you playside to a head up alignment. This means to a head up defender and you had the guard and center working together the guard would put his helmet placement to the outside ear (playside) and the center would put his helmet to the inside ear (playside). I started the near ear rule when pushing inside zones vertically, The Dallas Cowboys with Emmitt Smith and the Detroit Lions when they had Barry Sanders where good with this and they also taught the L-Step to the near ear pushing everything vertically which the LBers then had a hard time finding the running back. Coach CAmpbell