Oakland Raider: Could The Zone-Blocking-Scheme Be Holding Them Back?

The zone blocking scheme was developed for a few reasons:

First in order for teams to counter line-shifts without the o-line having to adjust assignments.

Second so that smaller (athletic) line-men can be effective despite size and strength disadvantages.

And to counter increasingly athletic pass-rushers by utilizing more athletic o-linemen.

Today in the NFL the ZBS is catching on with about a dozen of the teams in the league running it.

And it has seen some success:

Mike Shanahan installed it in Denver, and it made an unspectacular Terrell Davis look great. But it is being reported that Josh McDaniels is doing away wi...

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