We Watched Every Outside Zone Snap From the Hall of Fame Game

The Hall of Fame game gave us the first new football of 2026, and once we started tagging clips there was really only one thing to talk about. The Cardinals ran outside zone over and over, the Panthers ran their share of it, and by the time we finished cutting we had twenty seven clips of the same concept from two teams.So we sat down and went through all of them. Matt handles the O line side, working through who takes over a shade versus a two eye, why a lineman’s shoulder pads pointed at the sideline is the tell that a block is already lost, and the coaching point he used with his own linemen about not coming off a double team until you can smell the linebacker. Kyle takes the defensive view, including a stretch of tape where a shade occupies two blockers to keep the linebacker clean and a six technique played about as well as you will see it played.It is backup and third string tape, and neither of us pretends otherwise. It is also some of the clearest teaching tape you will find on a concept that now shows up at every level, with the same mistakes and the same fixes you are already coaching on Tuesday. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.boarddrill.com/subscribe