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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 3827960, member: 405"] This is a fair comment. My response would be that although the box is more crowded, you are going to get more man-to-man coverage on the receivers. Zone-Read isn't necessarily a great call against 8 in the box, but that's where the ability to perform traditional run blocking is irreplaceable. If you can't run block, then you can't do this. It all starts there. Maybe you don't get good at run blocking if you don't try to run any kind of sophisticated interplay among the linemen. That takes practice. It's a matter of what you want to make most important. After what we've seen, I think the importance of competent run blocking and a running game can't be overstated. [/QUOTE]