A different football topic. There are some teams that use

76er® · 2023-09-28T23:20:05.672Z

REALLY wide offensive line splits, vs Clemson, where our guys are so close, it's hard to see how running lanes OR passing lanes really develop. Our own guys are effectively clogging up the front themselves at least some of the time. Any thoughts on why we do not employ wider splits? Do we think our guys are so slow that we would constantly be letting defenders through? I don't pretend to have an answer, or even a preference, just wondering what the bored coaches think.

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Not in the meetings nor have I seen it posed as a question..

Sep 28, 2023, 9:28 PM

to the staff, so not guessing "our" reasons.

There are some line basics, which start with knowing how defenses line up according to the offensive line, based on technique, gap including the LBs which often lineup on a shoulder of a defensive lineman.

Wide splits create space, gaps, seams and passing lanes naturally. Here's a gap, technique map which doesn't change, but distance between will accordingly...

Closer splits allow for easier combo, zone, power blocks and also increase the distance the defense has to run to the sidelines, which is bueno in the outside run & screen game. The screen game is an extension of the run game designed to wear down interior defense, so making them run more is mo better.

Splits also shorten or lengthen distance in counter/pull blocking. There's a lot of maffs.

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Not in the meetings nor have I seen it posed as a question..

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