Seahawks ran power instead of zone? think again

Despite some belief that the Seattle Seahawks went away from their zone blocking scheme against the Lions, they simply didn’t do so.

One of the interesting story lines to come out of Saturday’s playoff win over the Lions was Seattle’s apparent shift from zone blocking to man blocking. If you read certain beat reporters, you’d be led to believe that the Seahawks completely changed their entire offensive scheme.

It turns out that it simply didn’t happen. Even if it weren’t practically impossible to make such a change and scrap months of work, the Seahawks simply didn’t do so.

If you’re trying to sell that narrative, it loses traction on Seattle’s very first run play. The Seahawks ran inside zone…