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Cable has been a big zone blocking fan since well before Seattle. He came out of that group that did a lot to incorporate zone concepts into spread offense at Idaho (as a player), and then he coached what he knew.
All pro teams run a mix of zone and power plays. Any sort of power counter play, with most of the OL blocking down, and then a pulling OL coming back across is a terrific complimentary play to outside zone. The best way to beat outside zone is to have the De or OLB run the play down from behind, but the counter play gives an easy block to the pulling OL coming back across the formation. Joe Gibbs only ran 2 run plays in his offense (outside zone and counter trey), they compliment each other so well.
If nothing else pro teams need to learn enough of both power and zone to be able to run an effective scout team.
I think the bigger issue that is lost on many people is that while Downing was kinda Schoziod with the Raiders play calling, part of the problem was getting Marshawn Lynch. He is a really good zone runner. See his uneven work as a runner in Buffalo for his success in a scheme that uses more power. Knock the OL all you want, they didn't play well. But it wasn't all ideology that made them switch to zone.
The point made about Cable being a scheme guy is well taken. See Norv Turners work as an HC as an example. Guys who get stuck on schemes often screw things up more than they help, which is what I am hoping happens this year.
I think the bigger issue may be that Cable just seems to have lost his touch lately. Coaches do. He had a lot of say in who the Seahawks went after in FA and the draft and over the last couple of years he never was able to turd polish his way into a decent OL, which is a shame given that he was actually given much better resources than most turd polishers are given.
All pro teams run a mix of zone and power plays. Any sort of power counter play, with most of the OL blocking down, and then a pulling OL coming back across is a terrific complimentary play to outside zone. The best way to beat outside zone is to have the De or OLB run the play down from behind, but the counter play gives an easy block to the pulling OL coming back across the formation. Joe Gibbs only ran 2 run plays in his offense (outside zone and counter trey), they compliment each other so well.
If nothing else pro teams need to learn enough of both power and zone to be able to run an effective scout team.
I think the bigger issue that is lost on many people is that while Downing was kinda Schoziod with the Raiders play calling, part of the problem was getting Marshawn Lynch. He is a really good zone runner. See his uneven work as a runner in Buffalo for his success in a scheme that uses more power. Knock the OL all you want, they didn't play well. But it wasn't all ideology that made them switch to zone.
The point made about Cable being a scheme guy is well taken. See Norv Turners work as an HC as an example. Guys who get stuck on schemes often screw things up more than they help, which is what I am hoping happens this year.
I think the bigger issue may be that Cable just seems to have lost his touch lately. Coaches do. He had a lot of say in who the Seahawks went after in FA and the draft and over the last couple of years he never was able to turd polish his way into a decent OL, which is a shame given that he was actually given much better resources than most turd polishers are given.
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