After going through the Green Bay Packers’ game against the Carolina Panthers a couple of times, I’ve had a few things stand out to me. Some of those things are good, and some are bad (that’s generally the way all games go). Today, I wanted to focus on something that was of particular interest to me: the gap scheme run game.

When Matt LaFleur came to Green Bay, he was known as a wide zone guy, and that was certainly true at the time. The run game was almost entirely based on zone running schemes, with a passing game built off of that. That has changed over his time in Green Bay, as we saw him lean more into gap scheme runs.

Just a quick terminology check here, because I’ll be talking in fairly general terms. Zone scheme is when the offensive line works by blocking a zone/area. Offensive

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