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The Tite front is specifically designed to shut down spread offense run games, especially the inside zone.
However, the key to running against this defense isn’t abandoning inside zone completely – it’s enhancing with some simple techniques from your tight end.
Today’s email is taken directly from our latest release: The Play Caller’s Guide: An Encyclopedia for Attacking Modern Defenses
Running Zone vs Tite Front Defenses
The tight end serves as an invaluable asset when playing Tite Front teams. We said at the beginning of the chapter that the Tite Front is designed to kill the inside zone play and make life hard on spread offenses. The tight end has been, as you can see from our earlier diagrams, an unsung yet instrumental asset in keeping the run game going against the Tite Front.
We do not wish to completely abdicate the inside zone so he again rides to the rescue to
improve our angles and help us run inside zone with a tag we call ‘Boss’ inside The Surface to Air System
This tag calls for the tight end to line up on the backside of the formation and zone the backside C gap to create an extra gap for the defense to defend. In doing so, the quarterback may now read the D gap and place the overhang back into conflict. This style of block also allows the tight end to work up to the back side interior linebacker and drive him past the ball to prevent him from falling back into the formation.
As you can see in the above 3×1 Y off structure, the tight end can swipe past the down block by the tackle on the 4i defensive end and work to the interior linebacker. This requires the running back to be willing to wind the ball back into the backside A to B gaps if the front side collapses. If he does, the overhang is in conflict and the quarterback can read him and ‘make him wrong’ so he is forced to either take the dive or hold for the quarterback pull. This is a way to keep the inside zone play alive and a part of your game plan versus the Tite Front.
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