Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Freddies didn't score until there was 3:39 left in the game and ended up getting outscored 22-6 in the fourth quarter and 22-2 before the Cougars put junior varsity players in.
Nov. 15—MORGANTOWN — The 2-3 zone defense is no less foreign to Kobe Johnson as Nike shoes or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Yet a smile stretches across his face when you mention the ...
Zone coverage (also referred to as a zone defense) is a defensive scheme in gridiron football used to protect against the pass. Zone coverage schemes require the linebackers and defensive backs to work together to cover certain areas of the field, making it difficult for the opposing quarterback to complete passes.
As Pepper Rodgers and Homer Smith stated in "Installing Football's Wishbone T Offense", "To run a Triple Option with a lead blocker is the reason for the Wishbone formation." [ 16 ] It is the "extra blocker" concept that drives the success of the wishbone and its derivatives.
The primary goal of the offense is to score points. [1] To achieve this, coaches and players design and execute plays based on several factors: the players involved, the opponent's defensive strategy, the time remaining before halftime or the end of the game, and the number of points needed to secure a win.
Short Punt formation versus a 6-2-3 defense. The short punt is an older formation popular when scoring was harder and a good punt was an offensive weapon. [13] [14] In times when punting on second and third down was fairly common, teams would line up in the short punt formation and offer the dual threat of punt or pass. [15]
The 3-3-2 formation consists of three linemen, three linebackers and two defensive backs. It is one of the most flexible formations, allowing multiple looks and blitz packages and freeing the middle linebacker from most pass coverage responsibilities; this way, the middle linebacker can be used for stopping the run.
The concept of zone blocking in both the run and pass game was created by Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz. [dubious – discuss] However, this blocking scheme came to prominence in the modern game when used by the Denver Broncos, under offensive line coach Alex Gibbs (formerly the offensive line coach for the Seattle Seahawks), and head coach Mike Shanahan.