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When ya @Crocs shrink how do you get it back to size??? I’m upset right now.
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I agree with this. And sometimes playbooks get large without going through the intricacies of each play as it fits against an offensive play. 1 defensive call can have 30 different fits.
Teaching how to watch film is important too so when they do watch they know what to watch
That is NOT why football IQ isn’t high. Coaches usually aren’t teaching “big picture” GAME, they’re teaching plays and their scheme.
That’s why “kids” (I assume HS and youth) - matter fact majority of CFB players IQs aren’t high.
Watch a big offensive play in CFB 9/10 someone on the defense blew an assignment, something mainly mental.
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Times have changed and not everyone got that in them. I’m genuinely curious as to the best ways to “coach” that into someone.
A lot to me have been who they are surrounded by and have trained with
A lot of what’s wrong with OL development is coaching. But some of it is mentality.
A DL should never feel this comfortable talking to five 300+ lb men like this.
We’ve coached too much of the violence and mentality out of OL play and replaced it with nonsense like “the double under.” 😒
I LOVE Dexter Lawrence’s energy. GREAT player.
But couldn’t be me.
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Why is this such a big conversation? Other coaches weren’t on interviews talking about it when cignetti mentioned hour and a half practices and not in the office late. Weird energy.
What coach Jack has done at Del state so far has been impressive.
Weird energy
College football head coach out of the office by 2 p.m.? @DelSt_Football's DeSean Jackson says that's his routine. @URSpidersFB's Russ Huesman counters, 'No way.'
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We did this a lot. Great way to add as you say. You teach that backside end to not rush up the field and condense the gap the puller left from with the tackle body and help clean up anything hitting there. Unwritten rule to not run the ball there
Indiana is one of the only defenses we see that cross face pullers regardless of structure or stunt. Gets the defense +1 at the POA vs gap scheme and interesting concept vs pass pro.
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RC gotta save some juice for the rest of the season!! Killin it though the improvements each take is noted!! Love it.
Jalen Hurts wasn’t perfect yesterday in Tennessee, but when the moment demanded it, he was DANG GOOD.
That final drive by the @Eagles was a thing of beauty, and their Super Bowl MVP quarterback delivered when it mattered most.
I couldn’t wait to break down every throw, play by play. That’s “What Kept Me Up Last Night.” And there was no way I was doing anything else before getting to this one today.
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They had enough there! You wonder if the corner and safety ever learned which side to take the block on in these situations. They both decided to fit outside half.
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Back set every single play is important to know. Can help avoid a bad blitz path like this. One of the 3 probably ILB should be A, one of the 2 outside players should be a B/dive player probably the DE. Rough rough
Fact: 66% of all wide zone explosives hit in the backside A gap.
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A lot of what I saw was more a lack of adjusting to motions/shifts surprisingly. Two high won’t be broken once they fix their motion adjustment.
They will also toy with more DL games potentially to push the gaps out but that does potentially come at the expense of pass rush
The kryptonite for defenses playing two high may have been found: two back formations.
Offenses used two back alignments on 14.3% of Week 1 plays, the NFL’s highest Week 1 rate in a decade.
Against coverages that kept the middle of the field open, those formations produced:
+0.10 EPA/play on runs (97 plays)
+0.26 EPA/play on passes (46 plays)
That rushing success extends beyond one week. Against coverages that kept the middle of the field open in 2025:
+0.06 EPA/play: Two back formations
+0.01 EPA/play: 2x2 formations
-0.01 EPA/play: 3x1 formations
With fullbacks, tight ends and additional running backs all capable of creating these looks, formations with two backs in the backfield could become an increasingly important answer to the league’s two high structures.
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I’m surprised how little hands on these noses are getting as a 0. Like tackles on the backside of zone use a slingshot tech, I taught similar if you’re taking the backside.
Frontside go eat.
LB gets screwed here
Fifth-year Ohio State tight end Bennett Christian is no match for first first round NFL Draft pick Colin Simmons of Texas.
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