A guy I work with was a starting center 20 years ago for a D-I school that ran zone blocking. Needless to say, I have picked his brain on this subject endlessly. His feelings on zone blocking are that when run correctly, its unstoppable. He said that he has heard that the same feeling about it in the pros too. BUT, he said its DIFFICULT to run correctly especially in the pros. There's techniques that D-Lineman use to "trick" the Z-Blocking set-up. (I will spare you all the analysis I learned). So...here we sit. I really think Jags knew all the ins and outs of zone blocking but I don't think anyone one the staff now does. His thoughts were that if you know 95% of how zone blocking works, you will get crushed. It's 100% or don't run it. Has anyone heard similar thoughts from guys you have run it?

"Lynn_Dickey" wrote:

Interesting...how much do you think it is Grant not reading correctly. Didn't Ahman run zone at Nebraska? I am not saying he's our answer...well maybe just for this year until he gets hurt.

"Lynn_Dickey" wrote:

The big problem I have is that the team has not been able to get consistent with the scheme. Now we are mixing it up. Some Outside zone, some inside. And neither of them have been consistent. What the bigger problem is, IMO is the effect it has had on pass blocking.

If we can protect the QB, then we can play around with the run blocking. If we can't do either, we are FUBAR.

"PackFanWithTwins" wrote:

Lynn: I agree with you that Jagodzinski may have been the only coach who really knew the ZBS, so his departure after the '06 season was a setback from which the Packers have never recovered.

For two years now, I've been hoping they just dump the scheme, but no such luck. I think the feeling among the coaches is that they've invested too much into it, especially when you consider that they have been drafting smaller, more agile linemen who supposedly fit the scheme better. Unless there is a quick turnaround, the ZBS may prove to be this coaching staff's biggest mistake.

"Greg C." wrote: