Coaches Scoop

  Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX  By Nate McCray There are concepts in football that survive every schematic cycle. Trends evolve, formations shift, and personnel groupings change, but certain principles endure because they attack the geometry of the defense itself. For me, that concept is the Outside Zone. When I install outside zone, I am not simply calling a run play, I am installing an offensive identity built on leverage, discipline, and stress applied across the width of the field. At its core, the outside zone is a horizontal displacement concept. We stretch the defense sideline to sideline, forcing linebackers and safeties to declare their intentions early and run laterally before they can trigger downhill. That lateral movement creates natural vertical seams. Rather than overpowering a defense in one predetermined gap, we force it to defend every gap simultaneously. Once second-level defenders overcommit to flow, the cutback lane emerge...