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Now lets talk about the REAL difference between 1gap and 2gap.
In a 2 gap system, your front 7 are each assigned 2 gaps. That means every gap that could be run into has 2 players accountable to it. The players are controlling the blocker so that they are not taken out of the play to create large seems.
In a one gap system the DL are responsible for 1 gap. Therefore they try to run past the blocker into that gap. If the RDE is shading outside the T and the play is run inside the T he will invariably take himself out of the play. If the WDT gets penetration he may meet the ballcarrier just after the handoff. If he gets blocked (and yes, OL will not just watch him go into his gap) then you have created another seem.
You have a system with a one gap where if you beat your man, there is a bigger advantage to the D (say a loss of 2 instead of no gain) but if you are blocked you create a large seam that can result in long runs.
Anyone who has ever played football, take out your X and O and draw up a running play and blocking scheme of how you would run to a gap and how you would block it vs a defense with a front 7 player head up on each OL and assigned to 2 gaps as opposed to vs a one gap scheme with players lined up in the gaps, keeping in mind the advantage an OL has with a blocking angle.
Then come back and tell me all the dramatic differences in the 2 systems that are going to override a player winning a one on one battle or not.
In a 2 gap system, your front 7 are each assigned 2 gaps. That means every gap that could be run into has 2 players accountable to it. The players are controlling the blocker so that they are not taken out of the play to create large seems.
In a one gap system the DL are responsible for 1 gap. Therefore they try to run past the blocker into that gap. If the RDE is shading outside the T and the play is run inside the T he will invariably take himself out of the play. If the WDT gets penetration he may meet the ballcarrier just after the handoff. If he gets blocked (and yes, OL will not just watch him go into his gap) then you have created another seem.
You have a system with a one gap where if you beat your man, there is a bigger advantage to the D (say a loss of 2 instead of no gain) but if you are blocked you create a large seam that can result in long runs.
Anyone who has ever played football, take out your X and O and draw up a running play and blocking scheme of how you would run to a gap and how you would block it vs a defense with a front 7 player head up on each OL and assigned to 2 gaps as opposed to vs a one gap scheme with players lined up in the gaps, keeping in mind the advantage an OL has with a blocking angle.
Then come back and tell me all the dramatic differences in the 2 systems that are going to override a player winning a one on one battle or not.
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