I'm not a doctor of the zone read, help me out here ont he first two plays. Could we have gotten better results if SR pulls it out and takes it outside?
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Yes. No question. First play should have been a keep on SR's part. DE is slowplaying the read and if he can't outrun a DE then we shouldn't be running the offense anyway.
2nd play appears to be a "key" read meaning they are reading the LB. This can be a play call or an adjustment that happens if the LB is stacked or outside the box. What I'm wondering about here is if the OL is blocking the adjustment but SR didn't get the call. Usually the rule on Zone read is if the read key is being blocked, the QB should give. Without a pre-snap look on this though I'm not sure what the call should have been. Usually when ISU is reading LB's though there is some sort of route combo, either a 5 yard route where the LB was or a key screen on the edge. If this play is what I think it is, the key (now screen in some terminologies) should be thrown to the #1 WR since the LB is hanging in the box.
If you have the rest of play 2, does the #1 WR stop and wait for ball or does he continue blocking?