ChairmanBron
12-04-2015, 12:11 PM
Pretty good read for the clueless like myself...
On Sunday night the New England Patriots allowed a season high 179 rushing yards against the Denver Broncos. In fact this was the first time the Patriots defense allowed 100+ yards on the ground since the week 6 matchup against the Indianapolis Colts (who got 35 scrambling yards from Andrew Luck). The way the Broncos were running on the Patriots reminded some of last year's divisional playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens - which is no surprise since the Broncos' head coach Gary Kubiak was the Ravens' offensive coordinator last year.
The Broncos' Zone-Blocking Scheme
Gary Kubiak's teams are known for their focus on the ground game. Last season under his offense in Baltimore Justin Forsett rushed for 1266 yards out of nowhere. Before that he coached Arian Foster to three consecutive 1200+ yard seasons in Houston. And during his time as the Broncos' offensive coordinator it seemed like anybody there could be a 1000 yard rusher. A lot of this has to do with the blocking scheme his teams run - the zone-blocking.
Trying to describe the system in a simplified way: Whereas most teams run the ball by pushing downfield zone-blocking teams move horizontally to one side first. The target is to stretch the defense until it breaks and opens up a cutback lane in the middle of the field. The principle behind it is fairly simple and indeed, most of the Broncos' running plays look absolutely identical.........
Link to read more...
http://www.patspulpit.com/2015/12/3/9844060/how-did-the-broncos-succeed-on-the-ground
On Sunday night the New England Patriots allowed a season high 179 rushing yards against the Denver Broncos. In fact this was the first time the Patriots defense allowed 100+ yards on the ground since the week 6 matchup against the Indianapolis Colts (who got 35 scrambling yards from Andrew Luck). The way the Broncos were running on the Patriots reminded some of last year's divisional playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens - which is no surprise since the Broncos' head coach Gary Kubiak was the Ravens' offensive coordinator last year.
The Broncos' Zone-Blocking Scheme
Gary Kubiak's teams are known for their focus on the ground game. Last season under his offense in Baltimore Justin Forsett rushed for 1266 yards out of nowhere. Before that he coached Arian Foster to three consecutive 1200+ yard seasons in Houston. And during his time as the Broncos' offensive coordinator it seemed like anybody there could be a 1000 yard rusher. A lot of this has to do with the blocking scheme his teams run - the zone-blocking.
Trying to describe the system in a simplified way: Whereas most teams run the ball by pushing downfield zone-blocking teams move horizontally to one side first. The target is to stretch the defense until it breaks and opens up a cutback lane in the middle of the field. The principle behind it is fairly simple and indeed, most of the Broncos' running plays look absolutely identical.........
Link to read more...
http://www.patspulpit.com/2015/12/3/9844060/how-did-the-broncos-succeed-on-the-ground