Double Team

Offense

also: double-team block · deuce

Two adjacent blockers work together on one defender to create movement at the line of scrimmage.

A double team puts two adjacent blockers on one defender. When the call ends there, both blockers stay on him and try to create movement at the line of scrimmage.

The same two-on-one block can be the first part of a combo. The words "double team" alone do not always tell you whether one blocker will eventually climb.

Also calleddouble-team block, deuce
Not to be confused withcombo block

A note on how the term is used

Some staffs use double team for the initial two-on-one block even when one lineman will eventually climb. Ask whether the call includes a linebacker and a release rule.

Where you will hear it

  • gap schemes
  • inside zone
  • duo
  • short-yardage packages

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