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RUN AND PASS OFFENSE 69
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\lany teams have had trouble with Buddy Ryanh
Double Eagle defenee. Offensive coaches everyx
here have tried to develop gam€ plans that will
We use a lettedng system to identify each
player in the defense, as shown in Figure 1. A
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The defeNe has three prominent featuresl
. When both backs in a 2-back offense Btart to
one side, it's difficult for the backside tackle
to block the backside linebacker (see Figurc
2a). Itt alnost as difficult for the backside
guard and backside tackle to execute a scoop
block on the defenders playing over them {see
Figure 2b).
. In protecting a passe! it's difficult for the
offensive guards not to take the man over
them and for the cent€r not to be left to block
a noseeuard by himself. Furthermore, it is
exhemely difficult for a center to block a
nos€guard who car ruBh on either side of
him. A pass-protection block is made relatively
easy when a blocker can deny a delender
a route to the inside, invite him to
the outBide, and then ride him to the outside
knowing that the quarterback can st€p forward.
A c€nter cannot deny a noseguard one
route in the same way, and a dropback passer
cannot step folward to h€lp the c€nter when