what is down blocking
In football, a down block means a block in the direction of the offensive center. The basic idea in down blocking is the blocker engages with and blocks the first player to come across his face. So if the OL / DL alignment is like this, a down block play on sweep to the right side (outside the RT) goes like this... RT RG C LG LT TE. LDE LDT RDT RDE.