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Originally posted on Maize n Brew on 11/15/2013 One of the most misunderstood or little-understood aspects of the pass game in football is the protection schemes and how they work. If I went into all the complexities and calls of all the different pass protections, you would quickly realize why young players have trouble with this part of the game (to go along with the vast complexities of the run game). There is a reason that offensive linemen are often considered the smartest guys on the field. Well, we're going to go over the basics just to try to get you up to speed a little bit. For briefing sake, there are three different types of blocking schemes: man, gap (zone), and combination that we will go over here.

Originally posted at Maize n Brew on 8/30/13  We've went over a brief primer to discuss some of the possible blocking calls that will be made during a Power O run. This time we are going to focus I specific examples of how an offensive line will adjust and make various block calls to face any defense. Power O Basics

Originally published at Maize n Brew on 8/29/13 This post will work as a primer for blocking the Power O run scheme. In the next post, we'll look at how the play is run against specific fronts.