Why is zone blocking not illegal?

Seer1 · 08-22-2012, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by GoofySaint

"It was the blocking scheme that got him his rings"

That's an ignorant way to look at it. What about the DRIVE or the fact that Elway played against great defenses(ie the 90s giants)? You could say this for basically every qb ever. The way Elway avoided the sack? Plus the teams elway beat in the super bowls didn't have the great defenses anyway(packers) so the blockers doing what they did probably didn't change anything.

Ignorant is a pretty strong word. The Drive was against Cleveland and it got him to the Superbowl, but no ring. He went there four times based pretty much only on his talents and the defense, but no ring. It wasn't until Shanahan brought in the zone blocking schemes that frustrated and puzzled many teams -some with very good defenses that gave Denver an amazing three year (including two championships) run. I'm not taking anything away from Elway's talents. He is one of the greats. It's just it took more than him to finally get there and those blocking schemes were a large part of that.

08-22-2012, 05:58 PM	#11
Seer1 Site Donor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Bayou Bayfield CO Posts: 4,722	Re: Why is zone blocking not illegal? Originally Posted by GoofySaint "It was the blocking scheme that got him his rings" That's an ignorant way to look at it. What about the DRIVE or the fact that Elway played against great defenses(ie the 90s giants)? You could say this for basically every qb ever. The way Elway avoided the sack? Plus the teams elway beat in the super bowls didn't have the great defenses anyway(packers) so the blockers doing what they did probably didn't change anything. Ignorant is a pretty strong word. The Drive was against Cleveland and it got him to the Superbowl, but no ring. He went there four times based pretty much only on his talents and the defense, but no ring. It wasn't until Shanahan brought in the zone blocking schemes that frustrated and puzzled many teams -some with very good defenses that gave Denver an amazing three year (including two championships) run. I'm not taking anything away from Elway's talents. He is one of the greats. It's just it took more than him to finally get there and those blocking schemes were a large part of that.
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