I don't think you can separate these two areas given that the point of zone blocking is the much lower cost of players in that scheme. Spending a bunch of first round talent or huge $$$ on a pure zone blocking scheme doesn't make a lot of sense since if you are opening up the pocketbook you could just get angle blocking monsters instead.Sgt. Largent":2cm8budj said:Cable didn't invent the zone blocking scheme, it's basic principals have been around since the 50's. It wasn't until Shanahan and Alex Gibbs took it to the next level back in Denver's heyday that people started copying it.........and Cable is one of those disciples.
Now you can blame Cable for bringing in scrap heap free agents and low round draft picks because he thinks he can mold them into quality starters.
Whether that is appropriate for the Seahawks is a different matter given that we use both zone and angle concepts. I still wonder how much our selection of Carpenter was due to the combination of an angle blocking build paired with experience in college in Saban's zone blocking scheme.