Ok, I went back and watched some game clips and I'm not sure we actually are running a zone read at all. On everything that looked like a zone read, we blocked the backside DE. Usually it was a tackle, but sometimes it was a TE motioning across the formation. But in like EVERY case, someone was trying to block every down lineman. You don't read someone you're blocking.
We could be reading a LB, but that would be kind of weird. And the handoffs were quick - it didn't look like there was ever any decision making taking place. Rocco does sprint out the opposite direction every time. I don't know why, but he's clearly being coached that way. Maybe some day they'll run a pure fake/QB keeper off of it, but to me it doesn't look like a zone read.
On one of the 2nd half plays where Sama got blown up, the OL didn't communicate at all. Everyone basically chipped the DL and released to LBs. The frontside tackle stayed on his man and made a competent block, but the DE strung them out and with nobody else blocking there weren't any creases anywhere.
We could be reading a LB, but that would be kind of weird. And the handoffs were quick - it didn't look like there was ever any decision making taking place. Rocco does sprint out the opposite direction every time. I don't know why, but he's clearly being coached that way. Maybe some day they'll run a pure fake/QB keeper off of it, but to me it doesn't look like a zone read.
On one of the 2nd half plays where Sama got blown up, the OL didn't communicate at all. Everyone basically chipped the DL and released to LBs. The frontside tackle stayed on his man and made a competent block, but the DE strung them out and with nobody else blocking there weren't any creases anywhere.
