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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Augusta_Jacket" data-source="post: 908221" data-attributes="member: 1191"><p>Not always.  Against some offenses you play zone coverages.  Against the option, you really need to play a "man to man" or "assignment" style of defense.  In zone coverages, you can leverage the athleticism of a superior athlete to react to a blocked defender.  In the option, since the offense is essentially choosing to leave one player unblocked in order to create the hole to run in, you have an extra blocker to negate the athleticism advantage of a more talented defense.  Hence the importance of playing "assignment" football.  I'm sure [USER=1414]@ilovetheoption[/USER] could explain this better than I just did.</p></blockquote><p></p>