I rewatched the game focusing on the offensive line blocking and there were about 6 running plays where a guard pulled or trapped. So I have to take back that I said they were all pure zone blocking.
I like that YouTube TV 15 second advance button because as slow as the hawks get their plays off as soon as one play is over I can click that button twice and the hawks are almost always just getting to the LOS after 30 seconds.
If you look at the last TD run by Sargent it was a good example of LGuard sliding behind the center to trap a defender and help open that running lane.
There were several of the 6 or so plays where the pulling/trapping guard didnt even get a block on anyone so that needs to be fixed.
Of course as usual, the TEs like Weiting are also trapping the backside from their slot position coming across the formation and against the direction of the zone blocking so that is a help.
Two more observations:
Like others have said the offensive linemen do not seem to be exploding off the LOS and reaching their blocks many times but Wirfs is really pushing his guys around a lot.
I like that YouTube TV 15 second advance button because as slow as the hawks get their plays off as soon as one play is over I can click that button twice and the hawks are almost always just getting to the LOS after 30 seconds.
If you look at the last TD run by Sargent it was a good example of LGuard sliding behind the center to trap a defender and help open that running lane.
There were several of the 6 or so plays where the pulling/trapping guard didnt even get a block on anyone so that needs to be fixed.
Of course as usual, the TEs like Weiting are also trapping the backside from their slot position coming across the formation and against the direction of the zone blocking so that is a help.
Two more observations:
Like others have said the offensive linemen do not seem to be exploding off the LOS and reaching their blocks many times but Wirfs is really pushing his guys around a lot.
