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Football 101: Pin And Pull Scheme

Had this series a lot last year and frankly, sorta forgot about it. So with a late-ish kickoff today, some football reading to get you ready.

It’s appropriate to choose this as our topic because you’re likely to see both teams use this today.

Simply put, and I know there will be more in-depth breakdowns of this elsewhere, pin and pull involves more than one linemen pulling from the backside with the frontside (the direction the run is going) linemen down blocking. It’s like a trap block on steroids.

We actually wrote about this last year after the Pittsburgh Steelers lost Maurkice Pouncey and how his absence would take this scheme out of the playbook.