"You've got to understand the blocking schemes and the defensive fronts so you know where the holes are and why.
Yet McDaniels made the game plan work, keeping the Colts discombobulated with a range of blocking schemes, and spreading the ball around to some of the team's lesser receivers.
One of the hardest elements of pull blocking is knowing what to do when you turn the corner and see three defenders closing on your running back, but DeCastro understands blocking schemes and chooses the right opponent to hit.
Faulk is not only a player who makes the high-flying Rams go, with 1,381 yards rushing and 1,048 yards receiving this season, but he can also tell you the blocking schemes and reads of every lineman on any play, the sight adjustments and the pattern responsibilities of the receivers and the quarterback's progression of reads in the pocket.
He further solidified his spot on the 40-man roster by quickly learning the blocking schemes and demonstrating that he could be an adequate backup at three positions: center, guard and tackle.
"We understand the blocking schemes and our assignments.
We shored up some of the blocking schemes and talked about our routes and thought those would open some things up for us, but that just didn't get it done". The offense came up empty again in the second half, moving the chains just four times while going three-and-out six times the entire night.
When the play comes, Saturday has mere seconds to make adjustments, changing blocking schemes and protection calls.
Inside were a Giants playbook thick with diagrams of blocking schemes and a silver laptop containing compositions of drumbeats.
Therefore, if the front-line defenders all do their job well against a veer blocking scheme, both the Will and the Mike will be free to flow to the QB, while the free safety will put the icing on the cake as he fits outside the load while the defensive end slow-plays, favoring the pitch.
