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So, what do offenses do about it? Well, they run BOB, and Slide, and Half-Slide, and PA, and hope that rules and practice will enable them to deal with it, just like you do. In the above stunt if you're running Slide protection right, for example, if you're the LG, and you feel that DE slanting...

So, if you're the left guard, for example, you could have a guy coming at you from either side, from any angle, or you might not have anybody coming at all, if the other team decides to drop 8. and that's BEFORE you get to stunts, because you can run hella stunts out of a 335 REALLLLLLLY...

Basically, ever LB and DL act as a switchable pair, and the possibilities get very complicated, very quickly, like: or or With VERY little install work (all of those can be called with very little install, with as many or as few backers coming as you like) you've got a huge variety of gap...

Alternatively, when you see a 335 (I'll assume a 404 front (ask if that doesn't mean anything to you, I'm happy to go deeper), you have to guess which way people are going to go: And yes, this is VERY VERY basic, but these are your basic gap responsibility options.

So, for starters, I like a 335 defense. A lot. Because of the pressure it puts on guards, and because of the reads it asks a QB to make pre-snap. If you asked me to be a DC tomorrow, I'd install a super slanty 335, and hope to hell I could get my Nicklebacks to be able to be able to do enough in...

Oh, well. Honestly, they do the same things you do. When I say that GT runs a standard offense, I mean it. When you get under the skin and down to the bones, there are relatively few schemes that the overwhelming majority of squads use. The differences for most teams come down to how they're...

FTR, watching this game, right here was what made an impression on a teenaged ILTO. There was SOOOO much going on that I didn't know how to follow yet. When Johnson came to Navy, and I got to watch more of it (because it was on local channels (benefits of being a DC guy)), I was hooked.

So, there are two things going on here. 1) Good catch, I made a typo :) I typed Right guard when I meant Left guard. :) 2) Remember that slide blocking is zone blocking. Your assignment is whoever shows up in your face. He ended up in the Center and Left Guard's face, so it was the Center...

Are you asking for like examples, and like X's and O's of what teams do differently? Or are you asking the larger question of "why do GT's opponents seem to get more pressure than GT does?"

Well, to be fair, I used examples from the most recent game, and most recent game your team didn't play well. Had I used examples from later in the game, OR from another game, or just simply from different plays, it may have been much smoother. That said, it's always easier to point things...

Well, so, this was an even front, and the guy was aligned in the guard's inside gap. For the defensive tackle to come all the way across his face and engage the tackle, the guard should have expected something coming back inside. If that wasn't the case, and they were just heavily...

And, really, that's what you guys do. I watched 2 games for examples, and that's all that I saw. (it's possible I missed something, in fairness) So, that's your pass protection game. BOB, Slide, Half-Slide, PA.

I will note that I won't be covering Play-Action passing in this one. Play action passing involves the OL doing the same thing they'd do on a run play, only not really crossing the line of scrimmage far. The blocking on those is going to look exactly like a run play. (example, on your 2nd...

If this were BOB protection, the assignments would be as follows: But as you see, that's not what happens: And finally, the play in motion: Note that RBs can give the old "ole" block on LB's just as well as DE's, but LB's are less likely to end a QB's life, so it's better to have them ole a...

So, here we are first play of the 2nd quarter vs Pitt: The slide side is set to the right (little tough to tell because it's an odd defensive front, but watch the right side of the line slide right.

The downside to this? You're asking your running back to block, an edge rusher, and that's not always the most fantabulous matchup ever invented, you know? Sometimes RB's don’t like getting kerploomied, and get their QB's kerploomied instead, which gets your offense kerploomied, and eventually...

They actually do a pretty good job sealing him off. You should not that your Center and right guard do not cover themselves in glory, here: And here's the play in action:

Watch how the whole offensive line just kinda slides right and ignores him. Now, to be fair, in this slide protection, they give the back some help with the H-back, but they're not blocking a defensive lineman with an offensive lineman, they're letting a back (or two) handle him.

Take note of the right defensive end, Baldonado, number 87.

Here's a play from the 2nd quarter of the Pitt game: