Plays are about way more than just the playcall and the Xs and Os. Everyone knows the same basic set of plays, what really makes the difference are the tiny details that fans could not possibly understand. You have to worry about the play sequence, the combos, the rules within each play for how everyone matches up, the subtle differences in technique and leverage with every single player on the field. It's not just as simple as go run this route, its also about breaking off the same route 2 yds shorter or if the DBs are lined up a certain way, things like that. The actual playcalls are sort of universal, everyone knows what "all verts" means, but there are an infinite number of tiny variations in terms of the specific rhythm and timing and the players you line up and how you motion them around, etc etc etc, which can force a slight hesitation from the defense, which is how big plays are actually made in the nfl. People think playcallers just call "the right plays" whatever that means, but it really comes down to extremely minor details and clever little nuances that you would only notice if you were an nfl coach.
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exactly, stroud has not been 2nd best, stroud has been the 1st best. stroud is the best and most consistent qb in the nfl, nobody has has a better season
It's so crazy how everyone says Barry Sander retired too early in his prime after playing 10 years, and in this era he would be considered ancient if he somehow survived 10 years. Zeke hasn't even play 10 years and people were begging for him to retire 5 years ago.
MVP is a 2 way battle between Lamar and Stroud. Lamar probably has the edge in production this year but Stroud has been so impactful profoundly and instantly for the entire Texans franchise, and to be already at the top of the game as a rookie is just mindblowing stuff.
I been trying to tell people this for the last 2 years and no one gets it, yall just have to suffer through it. The game has gotten worse because of how much they're trying to inflate offenses. Today's offenses are all about the big play. But obviously defenses know that and they don't want to give up big plays, so they adjusted, which means ironically no more big plays. Everybody stopped blitzing, they just sit in coverage, give up short passes for free, and hope for an incomplete somewhere down the line to force a punt. It works, but it makes football so damn boring. All they're really doing is taking away all the big hits, sacks, turnovers, and touchdowns, so now we can enjoy all the incompletes and punts and fgs like we're in the 70s.
Offense and defense are both worse. Everything has a counterbalance. When you change the offense, defenses change to match. Big plays open up when defenses care more about defending the short passes. But now defenses are perfectly content to just sit back and wait, shut down all the big plays that offenses are designed around, and just let offenses kill their own drives with dumpoffs.
this just goes to show how worthless analytics are. but congrats to the bills fans for taking home all the advanced stat wins, that's what really matters in football.
No, none of you people get it. MOTION IS THE PROBLEM. All the Shanahan offenses that rely on a lot of motion is exactly what Brady is talking about when he says "coaches trying to control the game from the sideline." It takes all of the burden of reading defenses off guys like Brock Purdy so that Shanahan can control the game with his play combos. (But that's also why Shanahan's offense always falls apart in the playoffs, eventually he runs into a defense that isn't fooled by his tricks once they have enough film.) This is the style of offense taking over the nfl because it yields such quick results, but it's also a crutch that handicaps qbs development. Motion is built into these new offenses to make things as simple as possible for qbs. But that means those qbs never learn advanced quarterbacking which used to be the standard in the nfl.
Ask Peyton Manning or Aaron Rodgers or any of these top level qbs, they all avoid motion because they know how to read defenses better without it. Motion forces the defense to move, which muddies some of the details that high level qbs care about. But playing at that level requires insane amount of film study and attention to detail that most people aren't cut out for. I don't blame these young guys for not wanting to work a lot harder at a silly frivolous game when they're already making tons of money regardless. But that's the state of the nfl and that's why the game is getting worse.