Hopefully convince enough of you guys to stay subscribed through the new coaching staff, free agency and the draft!
Subs do tend to drop off a bit in the summer, so I have to be a bit more careful with spending in the summer until training camp starts, but once training camp and preseason starts, subs pick back up generally.
I live in the US for 5 years when I was a kid, so I grew up with some US sports in my life. But I’ve always had an analytical approach to sports. Instead of shouting and yelling at the TV, calling every player terrible, I’d watch the game back and try and understand the context of what happened, why a player might have made a mistake of been out of position etc. I started doing that with our football (soccer), but then the NFL started getting more TV coverage and I found that I really liked how each individual play was carefully scripted for specific situations, as opposed to soccer where the game is so continuous and free flowing. The ability to watch a specific play, having a start and end point for each play and then breaking down each players role within that play appealed to me.
I couldn't agree more. I played growing up then coached my son in youth football for years and he eventually went to play at Univ of Fla. He was one of the backup QB's to Anthony Richardson. For years, he trained at a QB academy here in Maryland so naturally, you become even more of a student of the game just knowing how much work, preparation and analysis go into playing the position and running an offense. The strategy that goes into running an offense fascinates me.
It’s amazing, right? Once you scratch the surface of even the most basic play, you start to appreciate just how much goes into each play. The formation, alignment of specific receiver splits, motions, shifts, protection calls, how the defense is lining up and what adjustments might need to be made due to that, and that’s all before the ball is snapped! It’s an incredible chess match, but the wildcard of the chess match is that not every piece is the same. The best teams have the best pieces and make use of that advantage with their schemes.
I see that D'Andre Swift has 44 receptions, but on 39 targets somehow. I see that as well in the box stats and it looks pretty confusing - how does that work? -- actually i think this was a typo: D'andre has 34 recs
Terry will develop the rapport with Sam over the next few games, but am really shocked that there just isn't a connection with Dyami and Howell in the pros.
Another fantastic analysis, Mark.
I gotta ask - What do you do for a living that gives you the time to do this?
This is what I do for a living
What about in the offseason?
Hopefully convince enough of you guys to stay subscribed through the new coaching staff, free agency and the draft!
Subs do tend to drop off a bit in the summer, so I have to be a bit more careful with spending in the summer until training camp starts, but once training camp and preseason starts, subs pick back up generally.
Got ya. We're lucky to have a true student of the game break down film for the team we all love.
How did you get into American football?
I live in the US for 5 years when I was a kid, so I grew up with some US sports in my life. But I’ve always had an analytical approach to sports. Instead of shouting and yelling at the TV, calling every player terrible, I’d watch the game back and try and understand the context of what happened, why a player might have made a mistake of been out of position etc. I started doing that with our football (soccer), but then the NFL started getting more TV coverage and I found that I really liked how each individual play was carefully scripted for specific situations, as opposed to soccer where the game is so continuous and free flowing. The ability to watch a specific play, having a start and end point for each play and then breaking down each players role within that play appealed to me.
I couldn't agree more. I played growing up then coached my son in youth football for years and he eventually went to play at Univ of Fla. He was one of the backup QB's to Anthony Richardson. For years, he trained at a QB academy here in Maryland so naturally, you become even more of a student of the game just knowing how much work, preparation and analysis go into playing the position and running an offense. The strategy that goes into running an offense fascinates me.
It’s amazing, right? Once you scratch the surface of even the most basic play, you start to appreciate just how much goes into each play. The formation, alignment of specific receiver splits, motions, shifts, protection calls, how the defense is lining up and what adjustments might need to be made due to that, and that’s all before the ball is snapped! It’s an incredible chess match, but the wildcard of the chess match is that not every piece is the same. The best teams have the best pieces and make use of that advantage with their schemes.
Exactly. This is the white collar component to a blue collar sport.
Great article Mark.
I see that D'Andre Swift has 44 receptions, but on 39 targets somehow. I see that as well in the box stats and it looks pretty confusing - how does that work? -- actually i think this was a typo: D'andre has 34 recs
Terry will develop the rapport with Sam over the next few games, but am really shocked that there just isn't a connection with Dyami and Howell in the pros.
Yep, was a typo. Good spot. Graphic should be updated now
Excellent and well-thought out breakdown. Now I see why KC gets by with "non-descript" names at WR. The system really does make a huge difference.