Jon Gruden is a STUD!!!
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OttoinGrotto
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Not mad about this.
ezbeezy214
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Nah. He wasn’t.
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Gruden is great. Man does he know how to teach, coach and define plays and where there going. Encyclopedic mind for football.
He's got to watch out though, looks like too much food, beers and soda. Don't want him to get sick. Belly is getting too big from when I last saw him. He can do anything what he wants but he should watch the amount of food he eats
He's got to watch out though, looks like too much food, beers and soda. Don't want him to get sick. Belly is getting too big from when I last saw him. He can do anything what he wants but he should watch the amount of food he eats
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Dude just had hip replacement surgery. It sounds like, Imagine he’ll get back to exercising etc.
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Watching Gruden reminded me of a Mike Leach story I saw online. Fricking Football guys…
Leach wanted to bring in a little person to put on the field during short yardage situations and have guys throw him over the line to gain. He had to be talked out of it.
Could you imagine that. Then the defense adjusts and brings in their own, it would be like target practice.
Leach wanted to bring in a little person to put on the field during short yardage situations and have guys throw him over the line to gain. He had to be talked out of it.
Could you imagine that. Then the defense adjusts and brings in their own, it would be like target practice.
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"Not so fast, midget!" - Lee Corso
This would be up for a ban discussion instead of the tush push . . .
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Might?
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Watching this now. Fascinating stuff!
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spot on Tom. Having a rifle arm doesn't do much good if you can't make the right read and or get the team into the right play. Have to process quickly. Kyle has it all and is going to end up being a great pro.
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I enjoyed every minute of that video. They run through a lot of plays from last season and it adds a really nice dimension to the decision making process.
Even as an X's and O's guy...I knew Kyle liked 4-verts (me too!) but I didn't realize the RB had an option there. And the details of the CB press read with the slant makes a ton of sense now. It's not easy to get those big chunks in a cover 2.
Also kind of hard to tell how much editing was involved but he seemed to adopt Gruden's "scheme" basically immediately.
Even as an X's and O's guy...I knew Kyle liked 4-verts (me too!) but I didn't realize the RB had an option there. And the details of the CB press read with the slant makes a ton of sense now. It's not easy to get those big chunks in a cover 2.
Also kind of hard to tell how much editing was involved but he seemed to adopt Gruden's "scheme" basically immediately.
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It pains me to admit (though I readily will) that I understood literally nothing that was said here.
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It pains me to admit (though I readily will) that I understood literally nothing that was said here.
The former; 4-verts is when all the receivers run straight. "Go long". The running back is a "check down" option in case they are all too well covered to throw. The running back can choose left or right to get more space, which reduces the odds of a sack or throwaway.
The later; if there's two safeties in the backfield (cover 2) it's tough to throw long as you risk interception, there's just a lot of people covering your receivers.
So on those plays, Kyle was watching the corner who was covering the target wideout on the play. If the CB in question 'presses' (harasses the WR to disrupt the route), then the WR runs along the sideline. This keeps him away from the safeties and gives him a chance to beat his man and have some open field.
Whereas, if the corner instead drops back, there's a good chance a pass ends up double teamed. So the WR is no longer a target, and on his route he turns inward toward the safeties, which draws at least one of them out of run coverage, and then Kyle hands it to Lequint.
Tl;dr: Kyle, Nixon, Fran...smart dudes.
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Thank you. I figured the 4-vert was where all the WR's run vertical routes, but had no confidence in my opinion.
Again, thanks from all of us X-and-O-challenged folks.
We look at the PFF numbers and when you listen to a show like this you really understand just how much they don't know when making grades. even a completed pass can be the wrong play and a mistake.
as Kyle says. we had a ton of option routes in the offense. That also means that the QB has to wait on some plays and if the WR runs the wrong option, often the play breaks down. The QB and the OC know but noone watching film really knows
The big thing missing watching film for us is the all-22 where you can see the full play design.
And as Gruden says, sometimes happens. bad decisions, bad throws, bad bounces, bad routes.
The option routes to the press man stuff. Meeks ended up eating that up and of year. but it all plays from being physical enough the Safety had to honor the RPO
as Kyle says. we had a ton of option routes in the offense. That also means that the QB has to wait on some plays and if the WR runs the wrong option, often the play breaks down. The QB and the OC know but noone watching film really knows
The big thing missing watching film for us is the all-22 where you can see the full play design.
And as Gruden says, sometimes happens. bad decisions, bad throws, bad bounces, bad routes.
The option routes to the press man stuff. Meeks ended up eating that up and of year. but it all plays from being physical enough the Safety had to honor the RPO
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Chucky hates Nixon's snap count, lol.
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Yeah this. Empty threats don't work.
The receiver needs to be able to beat his man at least some of the time and the RB has to be able to find a hole.
Football is such a system. Tons of moving parts. Athleticism and strength and size and brains all have to come together in exactly the right way. I love this sport.
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The real talk on the Pitt interceptions was fascinating.
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What's impressive is that he ad-libbed that off the top of his head. He knows his Syracuse history, he is a football fan!
