Someone refresh my memory. As I recall, The RB takes jab step up & to one direction (say to the left) and then cutsback the way (right). Do the LG & LT act as lead blockers or do the RG & RT kick across to the left and block the 1st people they come across?
bottom line; I just need to know which side of the offensive lineact as lead blockers & exactly what their function is?
Just funnin' wit' ya. At its most basic... 2 TE, 2 WR set. Assuming a run to the right.. Left TE sweep blocks to the right (protects backside with LT pulling). LG & LT pull and lead attack (LT seals and LG kicks out). C, RG, RT, RTE block down and away from point of attack. RB starts left and then breaks right to take ball from QB. Where the RB goes after that is up to the defense. Forgive me if I screwed this up. I, like Howard Cosell, never played the game.
I'm all for fun & games. But this has been such a melon scratcher that I temporarily had my sense of humor removed which as I understand is required to root for.... insert your least fave team here.
Counter Trey is often called a trap at lower levels....the back takes a step in the wrong direction to get the defense flowing, then counters back the other way, the backside guard pulls to the hole and destroys the trap man, usually the 1st down lineman outside the hole, which has been allowed to run free up the field.....
I think that Beef and I are basically saying the same thing. The only difference I have with him is that the play can be blocked any of a number of ways depending on motion before the snap. It can be run either left or right, but the motion and changes of set (even from the HB) can change the dynamic quite a bit. And I still say that the play is heavily defined by the HB's movement before the exchange.
