Don’t Make New Plays, Make More Efficient and Useful Blocking Schemes
“How Many Football Plays should our offense run?”
The most ridiculous questions in offensive football include, “how many football plays should our football team run?”, “should I have more plays or more formations”, “Do I need a balanced offense, the same number of passes and the same number of runs?”. The real question coaches should be asking, how many blocking schemes do we run?
Think about it. On average, most teams run a 6 or 7 man pass protection. When running the football, 6/7 guys are typically involved in blocking within the box. That’s half of your offense. So how do we simplify things for these 6/7 (obviously, 5 offensive…
