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....but I'm sure as a DeShaun owner you are sure DeAngelo's strength isn't reading blocksAs a Carolina homer, I'm not sure DeAngelos strength is reading blocksDeAngelo's strength is reading blocks so this is the scheme designed to insure his future trip to The Hall.
Pretty much. I do wonder about installing a new blocking system, and if it'll take a while for the linemen to adjust, but really, it doesn't seem that complicated. I've been watching this dang system since Terrell Davis, and if I knew what was coming 10 years ago, it couldn't have been that complex.Everyone flows to one side, weakside G or T cuts the backside DT or DE, and a gaping hole opens up. When run correctly, it's almost comical how big the holes get. Rinse, repeat, collect your fantasy trophy.I have no idea if the Carolina linemen are good for the system, but the coach says yes, I gotta go with that. As to the backs, it'll be interesting to see. I think focusing on their style is one thing, but I don't know if their styles are so different as to make an obvious choice. I think more likely, it'll come down to which back is willing to be disciplined, and work within the scheme of the ZBS. They both have running skills, but if one is more open to reining himself in, and being patient, I imagine he'll get first crack at the bulk of the carries.So basically no one here knows.
I just saw this. It's a little more complex than that. Up to 2004, the Redskins under Gibbs and Bugel had traditionally been a man-blocking team at the point of attack. Obviously, any time someone pulls, they're effectively zone blocking, e.g. the opposite guard and tackle on the famous Counter Trey and Counter Gap plays, but those were basically the sole exceptions. Portis, an amazingly successful zone blocking scheme runner in Denver, came in and struggled with the shackles that the Redskins' traditional system put on him because it required far more discipline. Rather than making his own reads and cutting when he wanted to, the system required him to look for specific holes and wait for specific blocks to occur. That, plus the general struggles of the offense (Jansen's knee injury; Brunell's leg injury and poor passing; lack of talent on offense; Gibbs' transition problems in returning to the NFL) all led to bad times running, and Portis' worst season. They since then have begun to incorporate more and more elements of the zone blocking scheme, and Portis has correspondingly improved his running game. It's also helped that the offense as a whole has improved. They are still, to my knowledge, based in the same fundamental man-blocking scheme, but they have adapted and added here and there as a nod to Portis. What has helped the Redskins in transitioning is that their scheme requires atheletic mobile OG's capable of pulling anyway, so Randy Thomas for example has excelled on stretch plays that require him to make blocks in space; Dockery not so much but he's gone to Buffalo anyway, and Wade figures to be athletic enough to step in and handle things. HTH.
Dude, you were so wrong about this thing you said 4 years ago.Look at DeAngelo now. He sucks. Fewer FF points than Chris Johnson so far this season. And did I mention you were wrong?DeAngelo
Dude, you were so wrong about this thing you said 4 years ago.Look at DeAngelo now. He sucks. Fewer FF points than Chris Johnson so far this season. And did I mention you were wrong?DeAngelo
Nice dig. Checking your forum join date, no doubt you were one of those guys touting Johnson, got booted from the site and now have sour grapes. DeAngelo is now used wrong. Ever since his big season Fox took the running game down the toilet. DeAngelo in one play out the next. Sorry that doesn't work. Johnson plays every down and sucks. DeAngelo took home 20 TD's in one season with consistent running while sharing the load. DeAngelo is the correct size for a solid RB. 5'8" to 5'-9" 215+. Johnson was always a scatback that made his name off of a boatload of fluke runs that all dried up.
Yeah, I'm just poking fun at people bumping old threads just to say they were right about something, even when they were wrong the previous 3 years (FavreCo).
In his defense, DeAngelo lead the league in FF points the year following this thread. Looks to me like he was correct, as the system that was implemented DID benefit DeAngelo better.
Did you get the part where it was a joke, and I linked to FavreCo's Chris Johnson thread where he said he was "right" about CJ, even after 3 years of good production, including a 2,000+ yard rushing season?The only reason you should "defend" DeAngelo is if you thought I was serious. Oh, nevermind.
WTH?Dude, you were so wrong about this thing you said 4 years ago.Look at DeAngelo now. He sucks. Fewer FF points than Chris Johnson so far this season. And did I mention you were wrong?DeAngelo
