In Part 1 we covered the inside zone read . The outside zone read and the read sweep are two other plays Chip has carried over from Oregon usually with the read-option concept built-in. As usual I point you to Fishduck.com where they cover the basics of the outside zone read and the sweep read . Great stuff to help you understand what Chip is trying to run.

With an athletic OL like we have here in Philadelphia, the Eagles can really excel on these plays that are designed first and foremost to attack the edges.

Starting with the outside zone read, it is effectively a zone stretch play, but Kelly often runs it with a read-option component which makes it extra dangerous.

Here's a shot against the Broncos at the mesh point. Again, like we saw with the inside zone read, it's the QBs job to block a defender with the read. Here, Vick is reading the backside DE #91. Because of this "block" the Eagles gain an extra blocker on the playside and you immediately see the advantage this creates. Not to mention, Chip goes with an unbalanced line to get more strength on the edge. He has Jason Peters and Lane Johnson blocking on the edge and Kelce and Herremans with an initial double. Mathis has a single block and Celek is going to crash down the line. So the numbers game affords the Eagles with 2 initial double teams which is key to getting the play started. McCoy is going to run behind the wall. Now you see Herremans is going to peel off his double onto #56:

Peters does a great job of sealing the edge and McCoy has no trouble turning the corner:

Here's another one. As is customary with the outside zone read, the OL starts with a kick step left. Again, this one has a read-option component. Justin Tuck is left unblocked and Vick reads him. The yellow arrows illustrate how the Eagles have accomodated for every blocker in the box:

And everyone does a great job of executing:

And Peters drives his man to the sideline creating a nice crease for McCoy:

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Another play Chip has carried up from Oregon is another play designed to attack the edges. It's a sweep read play that generally has a read-option component built-in. The difference between this play and the outside zone read, is that it involves pulling from one or more offensive linemen on the line. This is where athletic OL really come in handy. If you are fan of OL play, you have to love this play.

Check out Jason Kelce on this play:

Absolutely amazing to see a Center cover that kind of ground and finish with a punishing block. My favorite part is watching Fletcher's head crack back at the point of impact. That's a football block!

Let's slow it down and take a look at the still to see how this play was designed. There is some interesting blocking going on on this play. Again, we see an unbalanced line with Peters and Johnson on the right side. On the left side Celek is going to down block to take the defensive tackle and Mathis is going to drop back to take Orakpo on the back-side. Nice play design to avoid a Celek vs. Orakpo match-up. On the right side of the line, Herremans takes the man in front of him, Johnson takes Kerrigan, and Peters immediately releases to the second level to take 96 to seal the edge for McCoy. Kelce is the man to watch. After the snap, he is going to pull into the hole as a lead blocker for McCoy:

On this play, Vick is reading the DT Goldson, he goes after Vick and Celek passes him to give the Eagles an extra blocker on the play-side:

Kelce leads the way through the hole with McCoy on his backside:

and Kelce delivers the impact block:

and here's another with both Mathis and Kelce pulling. Johnson immediately releases to the second-level leaving Kerrigan unblocked:

Vick is reading Kerrigan on this play, as the Eagles gain the extra blocker on the play side:

Celek and Mathis have their blocks out front and Kelce is once again lining up London Fletcher:

Another nice lead block for a big gainer:

And now to highlight the "option" aspect. All the while, the plays highlighted above have a "read" component meaning Vick has the option to hand off or keep. Here Mathis releases to the second-level passing on blocking the DT. Kelce and Johnson are going to pull to the outside this time:

The DT is left unblocked and is the read. He immediately crashes down after the running back:

With all the action right, check out the hole that emerges for Vick. Easy TD:

And just in case you're wondering, we'll run this concept with Foles too:

Beautiful to watch!

Finally, as a teaser to The Chip Kelly Offense Part 3: Packaged Plays, I highlight how the read-option can also have a packaged pass component.

On this play, we are running a sweep read. You'll see that Kelce and Mathis are going to pull. Bucs have 6 in the box but a safety creeping up and showing blitz:

He blitzes and Foles pulls it back with the one-on-one matchup for Cooper at the bottom of the screen:

Gets the ball quickly to Cooper in a one-on-one, and Cooper makes the defender miss for a big play:

Stay tuned here at the Chip Wagon for the next post in this series.