Simulating the required reads and cut blocks risks injuries, so the line must wait to face an opponent to unleash the possibilities.
The Vikings tried the much-ballyhooed zone blocking scheme well before gurus Gary Kubiak and Rick Dennison walked through the doors at TCO Performance Center this offseason.
“Everybody tries it to some degree,” coach Mike Zimmer said. “It’s really not that complicated in theory. In fact, we were doing it two years ago.”
But not for long.
“Finally, I made them stop because we were getting beat underneath and having runs of minus-2, minus-1,” Zimmer said.