From the article: "... if they call unnecessary roughness on the defensive ends that are crashing on the play fakes and drilling the QB, it will survive for a long time."
I used to think the key to whether the zone read stays or dies was the fallout rate for QBs getting injured.
But if DEs start having to pull up before finishing on plays for fear of getting a penalty, then the advantage swings heavily to the QB.
Of course, heaven have mercy on the QB who tucks and runs in that environment. Once the QB is fair game, there'll be some payback for hobbling the DEs at the start of the zone read play.
From the article: "... if they call unnecessary roughness on the defensive ends that are crashing on the play fakes and drilling the QB, it will survive for a long time."
ReplyDeleteI used to think the key to whether the zone read stays or dies was the fallout rate for QBs getting injured.
But if DEs start having to pull up before finishing on plays for fear of getting a penalty, then the advantage swings heavily to the QB.
Of course, heaven have mercy on the QB who tucks and runs in that environment. Once the QB is fair game, there'll be some payback for hobbling the DEs at the start of the zone read play.