Simplicity

At Westminster College, we like to keep things simple and sound in all of our protection schemes. This enables us to make adjustments on a weekly basis without too many contradictions to our base rules. As we all know when you introduce specific schemes the rules change with regards to personnel and game plans. By keeping simple and vague we are able to adjust rules as the season progresses. We feel, and our players feel, that our base protection is sound against any front or blitz that a defense will use. It may not be the best but it will be sound. Our base also gives us plenty leeway to make adjustments. If we are having problems with protection we can employ a two-back set, keep the tight end in or keep the tight end in and use two backs. Our base 5-step protection is called 50. We will block big-on-big (BOB) on one side and zone (ZEBRA) to the other. There will be various