1 00:00:06,026 --> 00:00:09,506 Speaker 1: NFL Explained is a production of the NFL in partnership 2 00:00:09,706 --> 00:00:18,266 Speaker 1: with I Heart Radio. Welcome everyone. It is a brand 3 00:00:18,266 --> 00:00:21,026 Speaker 1: new edition of NFL Explained. Last time out, we got 4 00:00:21,026 --> 00:00:23,746 Speaker 1: the preseason revs in. We are full board, ready to 5 00:00:23,826 --> 00:00:26,066 Speaker 1: rock and roll, of course, to run by my partner's 6 00:00:26,066 --> 00:00:29,986 Speaker 1: super Bowl champion m Rov. What's good man? What's yea 7 00:00:30,306 --> 00:00:33,106 Speaker 1: is going down? I'm very happy for another episode of 8 00:00:33,226 --> 00:00:35,186 Speaker 1: NFL Explained, But I got a question for you right 9 00:00:35,186 --> 00:00:37,866 Speaker 1: off the top, okay, bringing the heat? What comes to 10 00:00:37,946 --> 00:00:40,986 Speaker 1: mind when I say why short? Too strong? Right clamp 11 00:00:41,346 --> 00:00:45,186 Speaker 1: ace H two y bingo X comeback cannon with role 12 00:00:45,306 --> 00:00:50,386 Speaker 1: right B shallow. Uh. You know, it's a little annoying 13 00:00:50,546 --> 00:00:53,746 Speaker 1: because I'm having flashbacks. I used my cousin's Netflix account, 14 00:00:53,746 --> 00:00:55,786 Speaker 1: and I'm pretty sure when I got locked out, the 15 00:00:55,946 --> 00:01:01,106 Speaker 1: password was exactly what you just said, So I don't know. Yeah, 16 00:01:01,466 --> 00:01:03,426 Speaker 1: it was like I kind of wishing like you guys 17 00:01:03,506 --> 00:01:06,226 Speaker 1: just kind of made things simple for me. No, or 18 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:08,786 Speaker 1: maybe it was your recovery password for like one of 19 00:01:08,786 --> 00:01:12,466 Speaker 1: your robin hood or one of your investment accounts of 20 00:01:12,466 --> 00:01:17,786 Speaker 1: those things. That is an actual NFL play call that 21 00:01:17,866 --> 00:01:20,626 Speaker 1: you here in the huddle during a real game, which 22 00:01:20,746 --> 00:01:22,706 Speaker 1: really does beg the question why do things need to 23 00:01:22,706 --> 00:01:27,386 Speaker 1: be so complicated? The complexity is really significant. So today 24 00:01:27,386 --> 00:01:29,866 Speaker 1: on NFL Explain, we're gonna talk a little bit about 25 00:01:29,906 --> 00:01:32,626 Speaker 1: the basics of personnel on offense and when you're actually 26 00:01:32,626 --> 00:01:35,186 Speaker 1: watching games this season, you'll have a better understanding of 27 00:01:35,226 --> 00:01:37,586 Speaker 1: how and why teams line up on the field like 28 00:01:37,626 --> 00:01:39,306 Speaker 1: they do. We're also gonna talk a little bit about 29 00:01:39,306 --> 00:01:43,506 Speaker 1: some models why teams use terms like Tupac purple walrus. 30 00:01:43,546 --> 00:01:46,106 Speaker 1: But I'm a biggie guy and not tupa right like 31 00:01:46,466 --> 00:01:48,866 Speaker 1: where he's Okay, you needed to. This is why we 32 00:01:48,946 --> 00:01:51,746 Speaker 1: get along man change of players at the line. It 33 00:01:51,866 --> 00:01:53,546 Speaker 1: is a thing. We know what to things. So let's 34 00:01:53,586 --> 00:01:55,786 Speaker 1: dive right into it. Will start with the offense here. 35 00:01:55,906 --> 00:01:58,546 Speaker 1: Whenever you see players running onto the field, it is 36 00:01:58,586 --> 00:02:02,066 Speaker 1: a specific personnel grouping and that grouping is part of 37 00:02:02,106 --> 00:02:04,786 Speaker 1: a two digit number system. And Rob give me some 38 00:02:04,866 --> 00:02:07,946 Speaker 1: insight on this system and how it works. Well, Like 39 00:02:08,026 --> 00:02:10,106 Speaker 1: you know, for all our listeners out there, you might 40 00:02:10,146 --> 00:02:14,466 Speaker 1: hear like one personnel. You may hear eleven personnel right, 41 00:02:14,666 --> 00:02:16,666 Speaker 1: or twenty two or twenty three or things like that. 42 00:02:16,706 --> 00:02:19,866 Speaker 1: You gotta understand there's eleven guys on the field right 43 00:02:19,906 --> 00:02:23,026 Speaker 1: operating offense and defensively, and you want to be able 44 00:02:23,066 --> 00:02:26,666 Speaker 1: to communicate with those guys. Everybody the collective is as 45 00:02:26,546 --> 00:02:29,466 Speaker 1: as fast as possible and in a very efficient way. 46 00:02:29,946 --> 00:02:32,546 Speaker 1: And first and foremost, you gotta know your your personnel 47 00:02:32,586 --> 00:02:35,306 Speaker 1: groupings to be able to execute the play right. So 48 00:02:35,906 --> 00:02:38,146 Speaker 1: the way that the football gods came up with it, 49 00:02:38,186 --> 00:02:40,026 Speaker 1: I don't know exactly who came up with all the 50 00:02:40,106 --> 00:02:42,786 Speaker 1: terminology and things like that, but way back when they 51 00:02:42,826 --> 00:02:45,946 Speaker 1: came up with personnel groupings to let everybody know everybody 52 00:02:46,026 --> 00:02:47,786 Speaker 1: running on the field and running off and who needs 53 00:02:47,866 --> 00:02:50,146 Speaker 1: to come off of the field, um, a more of 54 00:02:50,186 --> 00:02:52,826 Speaker 1: efficient way of identifying. So for me, I played fullback, 55 00:02:52,946 --> 00:02:56,586 Speaker 1: So my personnel groupings were like twenty one personnel. Twenty 56 00:02:56,586 --> 00:03:00,346 Speaker 1: one personnel means two backs, two running backs are running 57 00:03:00,346 --> 00:03:03,466 Speaker 1: back in the full back and one tight end. Okay, 58 00:03:03,586 --> 00:03:07,386 Speaker 1: with two wide receivers. Just in this particular personnel grouping, 59 00:03:07,706 --> 00:03:09,946 Speaker 1: you didn't give a number for how many wide receivers 60 00:03:09,946 --> 00:03:12,346 Speaker 1: are out there right there. You know, we're assuming that 61 00:03:12,546 --> 00:03:15,546 Speaker 1: you know football players understand who the eligibles are on 62 00:03:15,546 --> 00:03:20,226 Speaker 1: a football field. So personnel was something which usually people 63 00:03:20,346 --> 00:03:23,906 Speaker 1: say base or put up a one for one personnel. 64 00:03:24,026 --> 00:03:27,466 Speaker 1: You also hear people talking about eleven personnel, right, eleven 65 00:03:27,466 --> 00:03:31,266 Speaker 1: personnel is one back, alright, one running back and one 66 00:03:31,306 --> 00:03:33,546 Speaker 1: tight end. All right, So if you got one running 67 00:03:33,586 --> 00:03:36,266 Speaker 1: back and one tight end, you have an opportunity to 68 00:03:36,306 --> 00:03:39,746 Speaker 1: have three other eligible receivers on the play or three 69 00:03:39,746 --> 00:03:42,146 Speaker 1: other eligible people on the play to be able to 70 00:03:42,186 --> 00:03:45,146 Speaker 1: go out for a past. So eleven personnel you put 71 00:03:45,186 --> 00:03:48,626 Speaker 1: those other three eligible guys. That's wide receivers. So it's 72 00:03:48,666 --> 00:03:51,786 Speaker 1: three wide receivers on the field, one tight end, one 73 00:03:51,866 --> 00:03:54,466 Speaker 1: running back. That's eleven personnel. And then you've got you know, 74 00:03:54,546 --> 00:03:57,306 Speaker 1: defenses trying to match that personnel by bringing in Nickel 75 00:03:57,346 --> 00:04:00,706 Speaker 1: and Din. Again, it's for the play caller to be 76 00:04:00,786 --> 00:04:04,026 Speaker 1: able to communicate with the collective right with you know, 77 00:04:04,026 --> 00:04:06,826 Speaker 1: knowing that it's hundreds of you know, thousands of people 78 00:04:06,866 --> 00:04:08,986 Speaker 1: watching and all those things in the stadium, a lot 79 00:04:08,986 --> 00:04:11,026 Speaker 1: of know what's going on. You want to be able 80 00:04:11,026 --> 00:04:14,866 Speaker 1: to have very short visual cues, are very efficient number 81 00:04:14,906 --> 00:04:18,426 Speaker 1: system and how to communicate to identify the personnel groups. 82 00:04:18,586 --> 00:04:20,586 Speaker 1: Because again, like when I came in as a fullback, 83 00:04:20,866 --> 00:04:23,546 Speaker 1: I'm coming in yelling bass putting up a fist. If 84 00:04:23,586 --> 00:04:26,506 Speaker 1: we were in eleven personnel, one receiver comes out and 85 00:04:26,506 --> 00:04:28,306 Speaker 1: I'm coming in again. I got to get my eligibles down. 86 00:04:28,626 --> 00:04:30,226 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, it's all about 87 00:04:30,466 --> 00:04:33,586 Speaker 1: being efficient as you can communicating with the collector. Yeah, 88 00:04:33,586 --> 00:04:35,426 Speaker 1: because when we're watching games, I'm robbed a lot of times. 89 00:04:35,426 --> 00:04:38,386 Speaker 1: And here twenty one personnel, eleven personnel, and just to reiterate, 90 00:04:38,426 --> 00:04:41,306 Speaker 1: here two digits. First digit we're talking running back. Second 91 00:04:41,346 --> 00:04:45,306 Speaker 1: one is the tight ends. In terms of those personnel groupings. 92 00:04:45,426 --> 00:04:47,186 Speaker 1: Take me through the times in the game where certain 93 00:04:47,186 --> 00:04:50,386 Speaker 1: groupings make the most sense to use. So, like you know, 94 00:04:50,426 --> 00:04:52,666 Speaker 1: you get towards the goal line, right, you get towards 95 00:04:52,706 --> 00:04:54,626 Speaker 1: the goal line or short yardist let's start with short 96 00:04:54,706 --> 00:04:57,466 Speaker 1: yard is situations third and one third and two fourth 97 00:04:57,466 --> 00:04:59,466 Speaker 1: and one fourth and nitch or something like that. You 98 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:02,426 Speaker 1: would go with more of a maybe a twenty two personnel. 99 00:05:02,946 --> 00:05:04,986 Speaker 1: Two running backs are running back in the full back 100 00:05:05,386 --> 00:05:08,106 Speaker 1: to its tight ends. Two tight ends. Right, you have 101 00:05:08,146 --> 00:05:11,786 Speaker 1: another eligible out there that's another wide receiver on the field. 102 00:05:11,826 --> 00:05:14,346 Speaker 1: Two personnel has one wide receiver that's more of your 103 00:05:14,386 --> 00:05:16,986 Speaker 1: big personnel. But you do have a wide receiver on 104 00:05:17,066 --> 00:05:19,546 Speaker 1: there so that the defense has to be able to 105 00:05:19,586 --> 00:05:21,986 Speaker 1: keep some speed on the field as well, or you 106 00:05:22,026 --> 00:05:24,026 Speaker 1: get into a goal line package that's more of a 107 00:05:24,106 --> 00:05:27,346 Speaker 1: twenty three type of a personnel, which again, just by 108 00:05:27,386 --> 00:05:30,946 Speaker 1: looking at the number of eligibles twenty three, that's you're identifying. 109 00:05:30,986 --> 00:05:33,466 Speaker 1: The five the first numbers for the backs, running back, 110 00:05:33,506 --> 00:05:35,626 Speaker 1: full back. The three is for the tight ends. You 111 00:05:35,666 --> 00:05:38,106 Speaker 1: have three tight ends in the game, and to me, 112 00:05:38,266 --> 00:05:40,226 Speaker 1: it's the teams that have You know, that tight end 113 00:05:40,226 --> 00:05:43,186 Speaker 1: position is a little bit different, right. That position can 114 00:05:43,186 --> 00:05:45,266 Speaker 1: be a Jimmy Graham like guy or it can be 115 00:05:45,426 --> 00:05:47,706 Speaker 1: more of a Gronkowski type of a guy. Both are 116 00:05:47,746 --> 00:05:50,666 Speaker 1: great at what they do. Gronkowski more of a dominant blocker. 117 00:05:50,746 --> 00:05:53,826 Speaker 1: But if you have tight ends, that can kind of 118 00:05:53,906 --> 00:05:57,826 Speaker 1: fool a defense into thinking that, you know, you're running 119 00:05:57,826 --> 00:05:59,506 Speaker 1: the ball when you really want to throw it, or 120 00:05:59,706 --> 00:06:01,426 Speaker 1: you're throwing the ball when you really want to run it. 121 00:06:01,946 --> 00:06:05,266 Speaker 1: Three tight end packages really can give defenses some fits. No, 122 00:06:05,346 --> 00:06:07,626 Speaker 1: it's you're thing too, because you think about those tight 123 00:06:07,746 --> 00:06:09,466 Speaker 1: ends and a lot of times were especially in the 124 00:06:09,466 --> 00:06:12,506 Speaker 1: fantasy world, you think about pass catchers. But the reality 125 00:06:12,546 --> 00:06:15,906 Speaker 1: is most NFL rosters will have multiple tight ends because 126 00:06:15,986 --> 00:06:17,906 Speaker 1: you need some of those big bodies. They become almost 127 00:06:17,906 --> 00:06:21,066 Speaker 1: like extra down lineman in some of those goal line situations, 128 00:06:21,066 --> 00:06:23,426 Speaker 1: so that the two running backs or the full back 129 00:06:23,466 --> 00:06:25,546 Speaker 1: of the running back coming out of that backfield have 130 00:06:25,746 --> 00:06:28,626 Speaker 1: a little bit more blocking up front. Here's some data 131 00:06:28,666 --> 00:06:31,626 Speaker 1: though for you, because the most used grouping for thirty 132 00:06:31,666 --> 00:06:33,826 Speaker 1: one out of the thirty two teams in the league 133 00:06:34,226 --> 00:06:37,386 Speaker 1: was eleven personnel, so once again, one running back, one 134 00:06:37,506 --> 00:06:39,946 Speaker 1: tight end, and then three wide receivers that are out 135 00:06:39,946 --> 00:06:43,106 Speaker 1: there now the league average it's fifty eight point three 136 00:06:43,186 --> 00:06:46,106 Speaker 1: percent of the snaps for using that personnel. That's up 137 00:06:46,146 --> 00:06:49,226 Speaker 1: from thirty four percent in two thousand eights, so we've 138 00:06:49,266 --> 00:06:52,586 Speaker 1: actually seen a nearly twenty five percent increase in these 139 00:06:52,626 --> 00:06:56,906 Speaker 1: three wide outsets. The Rams ran the most eleven personnel 140 00:06:57,746 --> 00:07:00,346 Speaker 1: one eighty three point four percent of the time, and 141 00:07:00,346 --> 00:07:02,906 Speaker 1: if you watch Rams games, you're not surprised by that. 142 00:07:02,986 --> 00:07:06,266 Speaker 1: But on the flip side, the Dolphins, they ran twelve 143 00:07:06,266 --> 00:07:10,346 Speaker 1: personnel one running back, two tight ends, and two wide 144 00:07:10,386 --> 00:07:13,426 Speaker 1: receivers sixty one point seven percent of the snaps. The 145 00:07:13,466 --> 00:07:16,706 Speaker 1: next closest was the Packers at just basically thirty percent. 146 00:07:16,986 --> 00:07:19,546 Speaker 1: So Mike, there's there's a little bit of coaching philosophy. 147 00:07:19,586 --> 00:07:21,706 Speaker 1: And by the way, new brand new coach down in Miami. 148 00:07:21,826 --> 00:07:23,826 Speaker 1: So these are based off of what we saw last year. 149 00:07:24,066 --> 00:07:26,866 Speaker 1: I think it's probably a better representation because Mike McDaniel 150 00:07:26,906 --> 00:07:28,946 Speaker 1: was with the forty niners. To think about what they 151 00:07:28,986 --> 00:07:32,506 Speaker 1: did offensively. But when you hear the numbers, when it's 152 00:07:32,546 --> 00:07:34,986 Speaker 1: eleven personnel, is that more of a coaching thing? Is 153 00:07:35,026 --> 00:07:37,706 Speaker 1: it more of a scheme thing that puts guys because 154 00:07:37,746 --> 00:07:40,106 Speaker 1: the coach seems to think that their roster is better 155 00:07:40,146 --> 00:07:43,706 Speaker 1: suited for that offensively, You know, it's a it's a 156 00:07:43,746 --> 00:07:47,906 Speaker 1: scheme thing, yes, but it's also a little bit of Okay, 157 00:07:48,106 --> 00:07:50,946 Speaker 1: who is on my roster? What are their skill sets? 158 00:07:50,986 --> 00:07:53,186 Speaker 1: And how can I make sure how can I marry 159 00:07:53,546 --> 00:07:57,426 Speaker 1: my philosophy to the actual people we have an acker 160 00:07:57,506 --> 00:08:00,626 Speaker 1: room executing that philosophy. For instance, I mean, you talk 161 00:08:00,666 --> 00:08:03,746 Speaker 1: about Sean McVeigh, right, he is an eleven personnel guy, 162 00:08:03,786 --> 00:08:07,146 Speaker 1: and to me, what makes him an eleven personnel guy? Well, 163 00:08:07,146 --> 00:08:08,626 Speaker 1: first of all, let me let me back up a 164 00:08:08,626 --> 00:08:10,666 Speaker 1: little bit, Mike. You just talked about in two thousand 165 00:08:10,666 --> 00:08:12,466 Speaker 1: and eight, which I was in the league. Then they 166 00:08:12,466 --> 00:08:15,746 Speaker 1: were running eleven personnel thirty percent at the time. Now 167 00:08:15,786 --> 00:08:19,746 Speaker 1: it's almost tripled. Okay, I would say, and I don't 168 00:08:19,786 --> 00:08:22,146 Speaker 1: know this for a fact, but I would say, if 169 00:08:22,146 --> 00:08:25,306 Speaker 1: we look at what wide receivers make and what quarterbacks 170 00:08:25,346 --> 00:08:29,146 Speaker 1: make from two thousand and eight two to now, that 171 00:08:29,226 --> 00:08:31,306 Speaker 1: may have I gonna say, if this triple, but that 172 00:08:31,666 --> 00:08:35,186 Speaker 1: went up exponentially as well. Our league has turned into 173 00:08:35,506 --> 00:08:39,266 Speaker 1: a passing league, right, And I get it right, there's 174 00:08:39,266 --> 00:08:42,586 Speaker 1: players safety involved in that. That is, you know what's 175 00:08:42,626 --> 00:08:44,346 Speaker 1: going on in our college game. There's a lot of 176 00:08:44,346 --> 00:08:47,546 Speaker 1: different factors that goes into why teams are throwing the 177 00:08:47,586 --> 00:08:49,306 Speaker 1: ball a little bit more. But I'm gonna get into 178 00:08:49,346 --> 00:08:52,306 Speaker 1: the philosophy and based off of the you know, the 179 00:08:52,306 --> 00:08:54,146 Speaker 1: players you have in the locker room, and how use 180 00:08:54,146 --> 00:08:56,386 Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh for an example, because I think it's a 181 00:08:56,386 --> 00:08:59,266 Speaker 1: perfect I think it's a perfect example. When you look 182 00:08:59,266 --> 00:09:02,346 Speaker 1: at Sean McVeigh and this Los Angeles Rams offense, Sean 183 00:09:02,426 --> 00:09:06,866 Speaker 1: McVeigh learned offense from the Shanahan system. Right. If you 184 00:09:06,866 --> 00:09:09,906 Speaker 1: look at what Kyle Shanahan does everywhere he has been 185 00:09:10,386 --> 00:09:13,826 Speaker 1: he has operated in running the football. He loves twelve personnel, 186 00:09:13,906 --> 00:09:16,386 Speaker 1: he loves to put two tight ends out there, and 187 00:09:16,706 --> 00:09:20,266 Speaker 1: he's operated his offense from that way. Well, if you 188 00:09:20,306 --> 00:09:22,546 Speaker 1: look at twelve personnel, which is two tight ends and 189 00:09:22,626 --> 00:09:26,186 Speaker 1: one back, or eleven personnel, which is three wild receivers 190 00:09:26,226 --> 00:09:28,306 Speaker 1: and one back, you can do a lot of the 191 00:09:28,386 --> 00:09:32,146 Speaker 1: same things. Especially if you have that h back tight 192 00:09:32,186 --> 00:09:34,386 Speaker 1: end or that second tight end that's you know, you 193 00:09:34,386 --> 00:09:35,946 Speaker 1: can flex him out. He can kind of be a 194 00:09:35,986 --> 00:09:38,146 Speaker 1: wild out. He can kind of be in that Jimmy 195 00:09:38,226 --> 00:09:41,266 Speaker 1: Graham type, that guy that's not gonna be a dominant 196 00:09:41,266 --> 00:09:42,906 Speaker 1: blocker at the point of attack. I mean, don't get 197 00:09:42,906 --> 00:09:45,266 Speaker 1: me wrong, he'll fight you or whatever as far as blocking, 198 00:09:45,866 --> 00:09:48,506 Speaker 1: but oftentimes then not, he's gonna give your offense the 199 00:09:48,546 --> 00:09:52,346 Speaker 1: advantage in the passing game. So to me, that's how 200 00:09:52,386 --> 00:09:54,106 Speaker 1: you marry. Like what a team wants to be able 201 00:09:54,146 --> 00:09:55,426 Speaker 1: to run the ball. They want to be able to 202 00:09:55,426 --> 00:09:57,786 Speaker 1: throw the football in play action passing, to be explosive 203 00:09:57,786 --> 00:10:00,666 Speaker 1: down the field, yet you still want to run the football. 204 00:10:01,546 --> 00:10:05,066 Speaker 1: What makes that offense go in Los Angeles is the 205 00:10:05,106 --> 00:10:07,666 Speaker 1: fact that they have a guy in the slot. He's 206 00:10:07,706 --> 00:10:11,106 Speaker 1: a wide receiver, but he also acts at times as 207 00:10:11,146 --> 00:10:13,426 Speaker 1: a tight end. He acts at times as an h back, 208 00:10:13,706 --> 00:10:16,706 Speaker 1: and that's Cooper Cup And to me, and I've talked 209 00:10:16,706 --> 00:10:19,066 Speaker 1: about this on Total Access, I've talked about this on 210 00:10:19,186 --> 00:10:21,706 Speaker 1: everywhere that they will allow me to talk about it, right, 211 00:10:21,946 --> 00:10:24,026 Speaker 1: the fact that what makes this offense go in what 212 00:10:24,106 --> 00:10:25,746 Speaker 1: makes him so special in the reason why he was 213 00:10:25,786 --> 00:10:28,106 Speaker 1: a triple Crown runner and the reason why he got 214 00:10:28,146 --> 00:10:30,906 Speaker 1: so many receptions and all of those and targets is 215 00:10:30,946 --> 00:10:36,026 Speaker 1: because he blocks. I mean, Sean McVeigh design's run scheme 216 00:10:36,186 --> 00:10:41,146 Speaker 1: with a wide receiver pulling sometimes leading the back into 217 00:10:41,346 --> 00:10:44,306 Speaker 1: the A gap. I don't even think I can really 218 00:10:44,386 --> 00:10:48,626 Speaker 1: understand what I just said. A wide receiver leading a 219 00:10:48,826 --> 00:10:52,346 Speaker 1: running back into the A gap and a gap scheme 220 00:10:52,426 --> 00:10:54,266 Speaker 1: type of one. When I say gap scheme, I mean 221 00:10:54,426 --> 00:11:00,226 Speaker 1: you're gonna see pulling lineman and so yes, philosophy matters 222 00:11:00,706 --> 00:11:03,346 Speaker 1: with the play caller wants to do how he wants 223 00:11:03,426 --> 00:11:06,946 Speaker 1: to attack a defense. That matter matters. But to me, 224 00:11:07,026 --> 00:11:10,426 Speaker 1: the best coaches and our game are The National Football 225 00:11:10,466 --> 00:11:12,426 Speaker 1: League has some of the best coaches. And I'm not 226 00:11:12,466 --> 00:11:16,626 Speaker 1: saying football coaches some of the best coaches in the world. 227 00:11:16,746 --> 00:11:20,706 Speaker 1: We have some talented people. The best coaches understand how 228 00:11:20,706 --> 00:11:22,826 Speaker 1: to take what you have and work with with. You 229 00:11:22,906 --> 00:11:25,746 Speaker 1: have marry you what you believe in, what you believe 230 00:11:25,746 --> 00:11:27,586 Speaker 1: in scheme and your philosophy, and how you want to 231 00:11:27,586 --> 00:11:29,706 Speaker 1: attack a defense on offense, but how you want to 232 00:11:29,746 --> 00:11:33,346 Speaker 1: attack the other side of football. You marry that to 233 00:11:33,546 --> 00:11:36,026 Speaker 1: the Jimmy's and Joe's that you actually have walking in 234 00:11:36,066 --> 00:11:38,146 Speaker 1: the locker room, because they actually have to be the 235 00:11:38,186 --> 00:11:41,626 Speaker 1: guys executed. Now, you mentioned the idea of being a 236 00:11:41,706 --> 00:11:45,226 Speaker 1: runner right and what that means for offenses. I think 237 00:11:45,266 --> 00:11:49,706 Speaker 1: old school here. Ravens still run a good amount of 238 00:11:49,866 --> 00:11:53,386 Speaker 1: two personnel here, which is once again two running backs 239 00:11:53,426 --> 00:11:56,226 Speaker 1: to tight ends. They do that on percent of their 240 00:11:56,266 --> 00:11:59,266 Speaker 1: plays their team point four percent. To be exact, they 241 00:11:59,266 --> 00:12:01,906 Speaker 1: were one of only two teams that did it more 242 00:12:01,946 --> 00:12:05,426 Speaker 1: than ten percent of the time. So clearly run first 243 00:12:05,866 --> 00:12:10,266 Speaker 1: right rams just for context here ran zero place at 244 00:12:10,906 --> 00:12:15,466 Speaker 1: personnel and rob last year. That's crazy, that's crazy to 245 00:12:15,506 --> 00:12:17,666 Speaker 1: think about because again I'm like, I'm a little old 246 00:12:17,706 --> 00:12:20,666 Speaker 1: school too, and I come from an old culture of 247 00:12:20,706 --> 00:12:23,746 Speaker 1: football where you know, we did Oklahoma drills, which that's 248 00:12:23,866 --> 00:12:26,506 Speaker 1: no longer, there's no need to do that in football again, 249 00:12:26,546 --> 00:12:29,466 Speaker 1: you know anymore. But I come from that culture as well, 250 00:12:29,506 --> 00:12:32,386 Speaker 1: and to think that a team won the Super Bowl one. 251 00:12:32,706 --> 00:12:34,666 Speaker 1: You know, you can see the Lombardi over my shoulder, right, 252 00:12:35,146 --> 00:12:39,466 Speaker 1: won the Super Bowl. Not even getting into big people 253 00:12:39,546 --> 00:12:42,666 Speaker 1: personnel that much. It's crazy to me. But when you 254 00:12:42,666 --> 00:12:46,106 Speaker 1: talk about Baltimore, I think Baltimore and Greg Roman, the 255 00:12:46,186 --> 00:12:49,986 Speaker 1: way they've built that offense around Lamar Jackson. I don't 256 00:12:50,066 --> 00:12:54,066 Speaker 1: know if there's another offense built quite like that, Taylor 257 00:12:54,626 --> 00:12:57,706 Speaker 1: quite like that towards their unique quarterback. I mean, we 258 00:12:57,746 --> 00:12:59,506 Speaker 1: can talk about the Tom Bradies, we can talk about 259 00:12:59,546 --> 00:13:01,546 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and how they you know, have their little 260 00:13:01,586 --> 00:13:04,506 Speaker 1: nuances in their offense as well. But the Baltimore Ravens 261 00:13:04,546 --> 00:13:06,466 Speaker 1: beat you up. They put you in a meat grinder. 262 00:13:06,866 --> 00:13:09,466 Speaker 1: They do two tight ends, they play with a fullback 263 00:13:09,586 --> 00:13:13,626 Speaker 1: that their fullback is a backup defensive end, can play 264 00:13:13,666 --> 00:13:16,266 Speaker 1: defensive tackle. I mean, they want to beat you up. 265 00:13:16,306 --> 00:13:19,106 Speaker 1: And so when you see and I'm so glad we're 266 00:13:19,106 --> 00:13:22,386 Speaker 1: having this conversation right because I'm I'm a football enthusiast. 267 00:13:22,426 --> 00:13:26,026 Speaker 1: I love I love the game of football. And to me, 268 00:13:26,586 --> 00:13:28,746 Speaker 1: the teams other than you know, you talk about the 269 00:13:28,826 --> 00:13:31,986 Speaker 1: Rams doing eleven personnel, but the teams that truly go 270 00:13:32,146 --> 00:13:34,546 Speaker 1: to me go further, are the teams that have the 271 00:13:34,586 --> 00:13:37,866 Speaker 1: ability to run the football. You see what I'm saying. No, 272 00:13:37,906 --> 00:13:41,506 Speaker 1: don't know what we're talking about Baltimore, but Baltimore brings 273 00:13:41,506 --> 00:13:44,306 Speaker 1: out these big tight ends. Okay, you've got Mark Andrews 274 00:13:44,346 --> 00:13:47,746 Speaker 1: and company and guys like that. If you match the 275 00:13:47,866 --> 00:13:51,546 Speaker 1: personnel defensively, okay, now you have big people on their 276 00:13:51,586 --> 00:13:56,066 Speaker 1: big people, Lamar Jackson is gonna run around you. Twice. Seriously, 277 00:13:56,226 --> 00:13:59,186 Speaker 1: You're just not gonna have enough speed to match up 278 00:13:59,546 --> 00:14:01,306 Speaker 1: with what that guy can do in the run game. 279 00:14:01,386 --> 00:14:06,626 Speaker 1: And Lamar Jackson's a runner playing quarterback. Okay, He's not 280 00:14:06,706 --> 00:14:13,706 Speaker 1: like Russell or Deshaun Watson. Those guys are gramblers. Those 281 00:14:13,746 --> 00:14:17,506 Speaker 1: guys are throwers that have the ability to run. Lamar 282 00:14:17,626 --> 00:14:20,306 Speaker 1: Jackson's a runner, so it's totally different. He doesn't really 283 00:14:20,346 --> 00:14:23,026 Speaker 1: take the hits that we think he takes. And his 284 00:14:23,066 --> 00:14:26,426 Speaker 1: ability that's growing on it is growing. His ability to 285 00:14:26,466 --> 00:14:29,786 Speaker 1: put you push the ball down field and especially hit 286 00:14:29,826 --> 00:14:32,026 Speaker 1: those tight ends in the middle of the field. That's 287 00:14:32,066 --> 00:14:34,826 Speaker 1: what makes this offense vital. That's what makes his offense 288 00:14:34,866 --> 00:14:37,146 Speaker 1: crazy to stop, because again, if you put in big people, 289 00:14:37,186 --> 00:14:40,026 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson runs around you. If you put in small people, 290 00:14:40,106 --> 00:14:42,666 Speaker 1: they're gonna hand the football off. They're gonna be able 291 00:14:42,706 --> 00:14:45,426 Speaker 1: to let those tight ends run routes and post you up. 292 00:14:45,586 --> 00:14:48,226 Speaker 1: And Lamar Jackson is an accurate enough passer to put 293 00:14:48,306 --> 00:14:50,426 Speaker 1: the ball in the catch radius of some of those 294 00:14:50,466 --> 00:14:53,146 Speaker 1: big tight ends. And if you notice all of our 295 00:14:53,186 --> 00:14:55,506 Speaker 1: listeners out there, if you notice most people or most 296 00:14:55,586 --> 00:14:59,426 Speaker 1: quarterbacks who are movers like Lamar Jackson, they love tight ends, 297 00:14:59,826 --> 00:15:02,066 Speaker 1: right they see the middle of feel great that they're 298 00:15:02,106 --> 00:15:03,866 Speaker 1: like a picture. They can stand on the mout and 299 00:15:03,946 --> 00:15:06,186 Speaker 1: throw the ball to big guys who can kind of 300 00:15:06,226 --> 00:15:08,866 Speaker 1: post up and help them with some of their inconsistencies 301 00:15:08,906 --> 00:15:11,866 Speaker 1: as far as accuracy is concerned. So yeah, Baltimore is 302 00:15:11,866 --> 00:15:13,546 Speaker 1: one of those things that put you in a meat grinder. 303 00:15:13,986 --> 00:15:17,266 Speaker 1: But there's a lot of different ways to do that. 304 00:15:17,586 --> 00:15:20,706 Speaker 1: When I talk about the Rams, they still run the football, 305 00:15:20,946 --> 00:15:23,186 Speaker 1: they just do it a little bit differently. Again, Cooper 306 00:15:23,226 --> 00:15:25,426 Speaker 1: Cup makes it all work. No, it's wild to me 307 00:15:25,506 --> 00:15:28,946 Speaker 1: because you look at what Lamar Jackson means to the 308 00:15:28,946 --> 00:15:31,066 Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens. So we can get it. He's a quarterback 309 00:15:31,066 --> 00:15:33,626 Speaker 1: and we know the importance to that position. But boil boy, 310 00:15:34,026 --> 00:15:38,106 Speaker 1: what they do the emphasis on his skill set dictating 311 00:15:38,426 --> 00:15:41,226 Speaker 1: what the offense really is. It might be more significant 312 00:15:41,226 --> 00:15:44,826 Speaker 1: than any team in the NFL because he's so unique. 313 00:15:45,066 --> 00:15:46,786 Speaker 1: Well you see it drawn up on the board, the 314 00:15:46,906 --> 00:15:49,346 Speaker 1: xs and the ohs. Coming up next on the NFL 315 00:15:49,386 --> 00:15:52,866 Speaker 1: Explained Podcast, we get into the nitty gritty a play call. 316 00:16:00,106 --> 00:16:02,626 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the NFL Explained Podcast. Mike Yam and 317 00:16:02,666 --> 00:16:05,426 Speaker 1: Michael Robinson with you, Robert, You and I have caught 318 00:16:05,466 --> 00:16:07,906 Speaker 1: the little it about definding those groups. I actually want 319 00:16:07,906 --> 00:16:10,346 Speaker 1: to get more into the play calling side of things. 320 00:16:10,586 --> 00:16:12,866 Speaker 1: You know, I've been around college football, the NFL, the 321 00:16:12,946 --> 00:16:15,666 Speaker 1: play sheets, these laminated things. It's like going to a 322 00:16:15,666 --> 00:16:17,906 Speaker 1: diner in Jersey, right, Like the menu just look so 323 00:16:18,026 --> 00:16:20,546 Speaker 1: darn big. Take me through this because on the flip side, 324 00:16:20,546 --> 00:16:22,786 Speaker 1: I've seen other play callers they got like a little 325 00:16:22,786 --> 00:16:25,826 Speaker 1: note card. Why is there such a disparity there, Well, 326 00:16:26,266 --> 00:16:30,186 Speaker 1: the little note card guys oftentimes those are gonna be 327 00:16:30,306 --> 00:16:32,986 Speaker 1: defensive guys, and look, defensive guys don't get at me. Okay, 328 00:16:33,026 --> 00:16:35,226 Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's a job being hard. I'm not 329 00:16:35,346 --> 00:16:38,306 Speaker 1: saying that's not a lot of information, But you just 330 00:16:38,346 --> 00:16:42,546 Speaker 1: gotta notice, like defense is always kind of responding. For 331 00:16:42,586 --> 00:16:47,226 Speaker 1: the most part, they're responding. Offense usually is dictating, and 332 00:16:47,306 --> 00:16:51,066 Speaker 1: so offensive place sheets are gonna be longer. They're gonna 333 00:16:51,106 --> 00:16:53,746 Speaker 1: have a lot more situations. And the play callers and 334 00:16:53,786 --> 00:16:56,306 Speaker 1: the place sheets that I've seen have it broken down 335 00:16:56,346 --> 00:16:59,226 Speaker 1: into you know, down in distance, your first down calls 336 00:16:59,306 --> 00:17:02,386 Speaker 1: or your draft starters, your second down calls, or your 337 00:17:02,386 --> 00:17:04,786 Speaker 1: second and four to six, your second and eight plus 338 00:17:04,946 --> 00:17:10,666 Speaker 1: again pairing for all of the situations. See again, part 339 00:17:10,666 --> 00:17:14,066 Speaker 1: of being a great coaches putting your other coaches and 340 00:17:14,106 --> 00:17:17,106 Speaker 1: putting your players in every situation that they're gonna encounter 341 00:17:17,426 --> 00:17:20,026 Speaker 1: on game day. To me, some of the coaches that 342 00:17:20,066 --> 00:17:23,306 Speaker 1: don't have as much success doesn't always put their team 343 00:17:23,306 --> 00:17:25,786 Speaker 1: and their coaches in the situations that they're gonna see 344 00:17:25,826 --> 00:17:27,866 Speaker 1: on game day. So when they get on game day, 345 00:17:28,066 --> 00:17:31,666 Speaker 1: it's a surprise, right. And the great play callers, Yeah, 346 00:17:31,666 --> 00:17:34,626 Speaker 1: you're gonna see their play sheets be long. You're gonna 347 00:17:34,626 --> 00:17:36,506 Speaker 1: see a lot of different colors, right. You see the 348 00:17:36,546 --> 00:17:38,946 Speaker 1: colors in it a lot of times you see different 349 00:17:38,946 --> 00:17:42,066 Speaker 1: colors from run in past, so that again in the brain, 350 00:17:42,146 --> 00:17:46,306 Speaker 1: your eyes can quickly go to a color when you 351 00:17:46,346 --> 00:17:47,866 Speaker 1: want it, Like if you know you want to look 352 00:17:47,906 --> 00:17:49,986 Speaker 1: for a run and all of your run players are green, 353 00:17:50,306 --> 00:17:52,706 Speaker 1: your eyes are gonna go to the green sections of 354 00:17:52,746 --> 00:17:54,786 Speaker 1: your card a lot faster. Again, you have a play 355 00:17:54,786 --> 00:17:58,586 Speaker 1: clock forty seconds, right, A play caller has to think two, three, 356 00:17:58,666 --> 00:18:03,706 Speaker 1: sometimes a series ahead. So being able between drives to 357 00:18:03,786 --> 00:18:06,906 Speaker 1: talk to your quarterback, understand what he liked, Understand what 358 00:18:06,986 --> 00:18:10,026 Speaker 1: he's seeing, because you may be seeing something in the booth, 359 00:18:10,106 --> 00:18:12,026 Speaker 1: or you may be seeing something on the sideline, or 360 00:18:12,106 --> 00:18:14,066 Speaker 1: you may be seeing something that you think you see. 361 00:18:14,786 --> 00:18:17,626 Speaker 1: But until you know what that quarterback is seeing, you 362 00:18:17,666 --> 00:18:20,386 Speaker 1: can't guarantee that he's gonna make the right decision in 363 00:18:20,466 --> 00:18:23,386 Speaker 1: the moment. So again to me, being a play callers 364 00:18:23,426 --> 00:18:27,586 Speaker 1: being prepared for every single situation. I mean, I remember 365 00:18:27,706 --> 00:18:30,066 Speaker 1: looking at UM coach Bevel Darryl Bubble, he was with 366 00:18:30,106 --> 00:18:32,106 Speaker 1: me in Seattle. Remember looking at some of his play 367 00:18:32,106 --> 00:18:33,906 Speaker 1: call sheets. I mean, and he would have two and 368 00:18:34,026 --> 00:18:37,226 Speaker 1: three laminated sheets with a little ring at the top 369 00:18:37,306 --> 00:18:39,466 Speaker 1: that you know he would just flip whenever he needed it. 370 00:18:39,906 --> 00:18:42,546 Speaker 1: And I know some of our listeners are thinking like, 371 00:18:42,586 --> 00:18:49,226 Speaker 1: how can a player remember so much? And guys, these 372 00:18:49,266 --> 00:18:55,826 Speaker 1: game plans change oftentimes on a weekly basis. A signal, right, 373 00:18:55,906 --> 00:18:59,186 Speaker 1: be you may tap your nose for a slant at 374 00:18:59,226 --> 00:19:02,986 Speaker 1: week one, that saying tap your nose, because everybody's watching, 375 00:19:03,066 --> 00:19:05,746 Speaker 1: because cameras are everywhere, because other teams do Scott and reports, 376 00:19:05,746 --> 00:19:08,306 Speaker 1: and they know sign language signs and all those things too. 377 00:19:08,626 --> 00:19:12,906 Speaker 1: That same sign maybe out the next week, and you're 378 00:19:12,946 --> 00:19:16,106 Speaker 1: paid as an athlete, as a professional football player, to 379 00:19:16,386 --> 00:19:19,746 Speaker 1: know it and be right, and so it's it's difficult. 380 00:19:19,786 --> 00:19:21,866 Speaker 1: But yeah, I've seen play callers at the end, you know, 381 00:19:22,066 --> 00:19:23,546 Speaker 1: on their place sheets at end the game them and 382 00:19:23,626 --> 00:19:26,466 Speaker 1: even have end of game scenarios. People don't realize that 383 00:19:26,626 --> 00:19:29,946 Speaker 1: failed Mary. People thought Golden didn't catch the ball. I 384 00:19:29,986 --> 00:19:33,506 Speaker 1: was there, Mike, he caught the ball. Okay. Now if 385 00:19:33,546 --> 00:19:35,266 Speaker 1: I was on the Packers side, I would have thought 386 00:19:35,306 --> 00:19:38,586 Speaker 1: something differently, of course, But he caught the ball and 387 00:19:38,626 --> 00:19:40,466 Speaker 1: the referees put up his hands. So that's what we're 388 00:19:40,466 --> 00:19:43,386 Speaker 1: going with. Okay, that play call. First of all, we 389 00:19:43,466 --> 00:19:47,586 Speaker 1: practiced it every single Saturday, every single Saturday. Number two. 390 00:19:48,426 --> 00:19:50,906 Speaker 1: That was written in the place sheet. It was one 391 00:19:50,946 --> 00:19:54,546 Speaker 1: of those end of the game scenarios. Again, always preparing 392 00:19:54,586 --> 00:19:57,186 Speaker 1: your team for any situation that may come up. We 393 00:19:57,226 --> 00:19:59,946 Speaker 1: always hear about the mental side of the game. You're 394 00:19:59,986 --> 00:20:02,706 Speaker 1: describing something really complex that has nothing to do with 395 00:20:02,746 --> 00:20:05,386 Speaker 1: athletic ability, and we'll get into it after the break. 396 00:20:05,386 --> 00:20:09,386 Speaker 1: Agains discuss offensive play calling here on the NFL Explained Podcast. 397 00:20:16,106 --> 00:20:18,626 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the NFL Explained Podcast. Mike am and 398 00:20:18,666 --> 00:20:21,186 Speaker 1: Michael Robinson with you, rob do you think there's a 399 00:20:21,266 --> 00:20:24,426 Speaker 1: large number of players, maybe more athletic than what we 400 00:20:24,466 --> 00:20:27,666 Speaker 1: already have in the NFL, that just mentally couldn't be 401 00:20:27,706 --> 00:20:31,146 Speaker 1: able to grasp some of the things that is required 402 00:20:31,146 --> 00:20:33,906 Speaker 1: of them to be on the field on Sunday's Absolutely, 403 00:20:35,066 --> 00:20:38,346 Speaker 1: it is difficult. It is I said, I tell people 404 00:20:38,346 --> 00:20:41,786 Speaker 1: all the time football players, are you kidding me? They're 405 00:20:41,786 --> 00:20:45,186 Speaker 1: the most intelligent people on the on the planet. Because 406 00:20:45,266 --> 00:20:49,026 Speaker 1: this I'm not talking about just sitting in a classroom 407 00:20:49,026 --> 00:20:51,426 Speaker 1: getting something read to you and then you have to 408 00:20:51,426 --> 00:20:54,706 Speaker 1: regurgitate it a week later. For great, that's memorization. Now 409 00:20:54,986 --> 00:20:59,306 Speaker 1: I'm talking about I'm playing fullback. Okay, they go to 410 00:20:59,426 --> 00:21:02,506 Speaker 1: a fifty seven funk defense with the safety up weak side, 411 00:21:03,106 --> 00:21:07,826 Speaker 1: and I know, damn O this play side linebacker's mind, 412 00:21:08,146 --> 00:21:12,066 Speaker 1: but so is this safety. Okay, what's about to happen? 413 00:21:12,106 --> 00:21:14,306 Speaker 1: I can't call the time out. I can't turn around 414 00:21:14,306 --> 00:21:16,466 Speaker 1: and say, a beast mode, what's you think? What you 415 00:21:16,466 --> 00:21:18,546 Speaker 1: think gonna happen right here? If he hit it first. 416 00:21:19,666 --> 00:21:23,026 Speaker 1: You gotta figure your own information out. We gotta process 417 00:21:23,146 --> 00:21:26,586 Speaker 1: everything in your environment and figure out your own answers. 418 00:21:27,106 --> 00:21:28,986 Speaker 1: That middle linebacker on the other side is doing the 419 00:21:29,026 --> 00:21:31,626 Speaker 1: same thing. He's figuring out I know they're running power, 420 00:21:31,946 --> 00:21:34,426 Speaker 1: which one of these guards are pulling, and which one 421 00:21:34,426 --> 00:21:38,466 Speaker 1: of these gaps I can shoot. That's real intelligence, man, 422 00:21:38,866 --> 00:21:42,186 Speaker 1: real intelligence. I mean that linebacker I'm talking about right now, 423 00:21:42,346 --> 00:21:44,786 Speaker 1: whether he's guessing to shoot that gap at when when 424 00:21:44,866 --> 00:21:47,906 Speaker 1: the guard pulls. That's a risk reward assessment that I 425 00:21:47,946 --> 00:21:50,026 Speaker 1: pay a banker a lot of money to watch my 426 00:21:50,146 --> 00:21:53,266 Speaker 1: money to see what if I'm investing in the right stocks. 427 00:21:54,586 --> 00:21:55,866 Speaker 1: At the end of the day, I tell people all 428 00:21:55,866 --> 00:21:58,546 Speaker 1: the time, being able to process your environment and come 429 00:21:58,626 --> 00:22:02,386 Speaker 1: up with your own information without the help of anybody, 430 00:22:02,426 --> 00:22:06,066 Speaker 1: that's true intelligence. Okay, so processing some of that nation. 431 00:22:06,186 --> 00:22:09,226 Speaker 1: You started off with my cousins Netflix password as a 432 00:22:09,386 --> 00:22:12,946 Speaker 1: play call. It was long. There was cannonballs, deep dive, 433 00:22:13,026 --> 00:22:17,706 Speaker 1: watch out below, splash corner, Spingo. Here we go a 434 00:22:17,946 --> 00:22:20,786 Speaker 1: why so long? What is that play. What is that? 435 00:22:21,146 --> 00:22:23,306 Speaker 1: So I'll talk you through the play first and again, 436 00:22:23,466 --> 00:22:25,946 Speaker 1: this play didn't come from any offense that I was 437 00:22:25,986 --> 00:22:28,946 Speaker 1: a part of. But again, once you've been a part 438 00:22:28,946 --> 00:22:31,146 Speaker 1: of a few offenses, you you hear a few words, 439 00:22:31,186 --> 00:22:33,026 Speaker 1: you start to figure it out. You're like, oh, I 440 00:22:33,106 --> 00:22:36,066 Speaker 1: think I get what's going on. Okay, So why short 441 00:22:36,586 --> 00:22:40,946 Speaker 1: too strong right clamp ace? That is the formation, all right? 442 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:43,546 Speaker 1: So the y is the tight end. I'm guessing he 443 00:22:43,626 --> 00:22:46,666 Speaker 1: was outside the wide receiver within the wide receiver had 444 00:22:46,706 --> 00:22:50,026 Speaker 1: a close split. He motioned to go to strong right, 445 00:22:50,106 --> 00:22:53,066 Speaker 1: which is basically the running back at the home position 446 00:22:53,266 --> 00:22:55,546 Speaker 1: and the tight end. Now that he's motioned, now he's 447 00:22:55,546 --> 00:22:57,826 Speaker 1: in the strong position off to the right, let's just 448 00:22:57,826 --> 00:23:00,306 Speaker 1: say it's to the right clamp ace again. That's part 449 00:23:00,386 --> 00:23:03,626 Speaker 1: of the formation. H two is the protection, which is 450 00:23:03,666 --> 00:23:06,346 Speaker 1: a full slide by the offensive line to the left 451 00:23:06,546 --> 00:23:09,266 Speaker 1: again and with the offensive lineman are doing the right 452 00:23:09,306 --> 00:23:12,146 Speaker 1: tackle is saying anybody else that first guy outside of me, 453 00:23:12,186 --> 00:23:14,626 Speaker 1: I'm leaving him for my running back to go cut down, 454 00:23:15,066 --> 00:23:17,386 Speaker 1: and then I'm sliding a full gap inside and I'm 455 00:23:17,426 --> 00:23:21,026 Speaker 1: taking anything that moves that has another color right. And 456 00:23:21,066 --> 00:23:23,306 Speaker 1: you do that every gap inside all the way to 457 00:23:23,346 --> 00:23:25,626 Speaker 1: the left tackle or to the to the other side. 458 00:23:25,866 --> 00:23:28,826 Speaker 1: Why Bingo To me, this is a y read type 459 00:23:28,866 --> 00:23:31,106 Speaker 1: of player. I don't know if this is basically the 460 00:23:31,146 --> 00:23:34,066 Speaker 1: tight end after he motions to the strong right, whether 461 00:23:34,106 --> 00:23:36,746 Speaker 1: he goes up ten yards and does a basic cross 462 00:23:36,826 --> 00:23:39,506 Speaker 1: across the middle, or does like some type of an 463 00:23:39,546 --> 00:23:43,306 Speaker 1: option route. That's why it says why bingo. X comeback 464 00:23:43,746 --> 00:23:46,226 Speaker 1: is usually the third in the progression because the tight 465 00:23:46,306 --> 00:23:48,106 Speaker 1: end and the zest to the right side, the X 466 00:23:48,146 --> 00:23:51,146 Speaker 1: will be to the left, and so in a timing standpoint, 467 00:23:51,186 --> 00:23:54,266 Speaker 1: the quarterback would hit his fifth step, take one hitch 468 00:23:54,386 --> 00:23:57,506 Speaker 1: checked the tight end, take another hitch. It will take 469 00:23:57,546 --> 00:23:59,506 Speaker 1: his eyes, his footwork, and his eyes will go back 470 00:23:59,546 --> 00:24:01,626 Speaker 1: to the X on the comeback on the back side, 471 00:24:01,826 --> 00:24:04,586 Speaker 1: cannon with a roll right. That's again that's part of 472 00:24:04,586 --> 00:24:07,786 Speaker 1: the protection. That's telling alignment, don't go downfield. That's also 473 00:24:07,826 --> 00:24:10,466 Speaker 1: telling the running back. I have to get the end 474 00:24:10,506 --> 00:24:13,426 Speaker 1: man on the line of scrimmage hooked. I don't necessarily 475 00:24:13,426 --> 00:24:15,026 Speaker 1: have to cut him, but I gotta get him hooked 476 00:24:15,066 --> 00:24:18,506 Speaker 1: because the quarterback launch point is changing, and then be shallow. 477 00:24:18,626 --> 00:24:20,426 Speaker 1: I don't know what personnel this is in but this 478 00:24:20,546 --> 00:24:23,386 Speaker 1: is probably two tight ends and twilve personnel. Two tight 479 00:24:23,426 --> 00:24:26,066 Speaker 1: ends to Wilde receivers that be shallow. Is the other 480 00:24:26,106 --> 00:24:28,426 Speaker 1: tight end with a shallow that should be coming into 481 00:24:28,426 --> 00:24:31,986 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks vision after he takes his third hitch, after 482 00:24:32,026 --> 00:24:34,226 Speaker 1: he checks the backs that come back. Was that enough 483 00:24:34,266 --> 00:24:39,506 Speaker 1: for you, Mike, I've digested. I realized that I can 484 00:24:39,546 --> 00:24:41,426 Speaker 1: never play in the NFL and has nothing to do 485 00:24:41,506 --> 00:24:44,666 Speaker 1: with physical stature, which is not intimidating at all. So 486 00:24:44,746 --> 00:24:46,946 Speaker 1: and Rob, there's obviously a lot to digest in one 487 00:24:46,946 --> 00:24:48,866 Speaker 1: of these other things. And I think this is more 488 00:24:49,946 --> 00:24:52,746 Speaker 1: more commonplace, is this idea of audible because you've got 489 00:24:52,746 --> 00:24:56,066 Speaker 1: all these complex play calls you just explain to us. 490 00:24:56,346 --> 00:24:58,386 Speaker 1: Then you get to the line of scrimmage you hear 491 00:24:58,506 --> 00:25:10,946 Speaker 1: something like this team to purple Walrus, Purple Walrus, take color, 492 00:25:12,026 --> 00:25:19,786 Speaker 1: James Harden, James Hart his first appearance, Hey Wilson, Hoosier, 493 00:25:20,466 --> 00:25:31,506 Speaker 1: Wilson Hoosier, Elvis, Elvis, Hey Elvis, Elvis, Hey Tufuck, Dusty Tufuck, Obama, Obama, Obama, 494 00:25:32,026 --> 00:25:41,026 Speaker 1: Hey Rick Flair, Rick Flair pass that Kardashian to the 495 00:25:41,226 --> 00:25:50,746 Speaker 1: audible tree. This week, Heay Teck, New York Boso all right, 496 00:25:50,786 --> 00:25:52,346 Speaker 1: So to me, that's just kind of fun to hear 497 00:25:52,386 --> 00:25:56,266 Speaker 1: some of those things. Multiple possible checks for a quarterback 498 00:25:56,546 --> 00:25:58,906 Speaker 1: when he gets to the line. How legit is this 499 00:25:59,026 --> 00:26:03,186 Speaker 1: for QB it's very legit. So, I mean, there's a 500 00:26:03,226 --> 00:26:05,226 Speaker 1: lot of different ways you can change the play at 501 00:26:05,226 --> 00:26:07,426 Speaker 1: the line of score. A lot of quarterbacks love to 502 00:26:07,506 --> 00:26:09,906 Speaker 1: have like their ready list or I know when I 503 00:26:09,946 --> 00:26:12,306 Speaker 1: played quarterback in college, my quarterback goes. You used to 504 00:26:12,306 --> 00:26:14,706 Speaker 1: always say, may just use your toolbox, man, that's what 505 00:26:14,746 --> 00:26:18,306 Speaker 1: your quick audibles are there for. And those are quick audibles, 506 00:26:18,346 --> 00:26:19,906 Speaker 1: like you know, being able to come to the line 507 00:26:19,946 --> 00:26:21,506 Speaker 1: of scrim and you see a blitz, you may have 508 00:26:21,546 --> 00:26:24,266 Speaker 1: a run play or whatever, and the quarterback is totally 509 00:26:24,346 --> 00:26:28,386 Speaker 1: changing everything. Hey, here's the protection, and he signals the routes, 510 00:26:28,506 --> 00:26:31,506 Speaker 1: here's the snap count. Come on, let's go. There's other 511 00:26:31,506 --> 00:26:33,306 Speaker 1: ways to be able to change the play. Maybe the 512 00:26:33,346 --> 00:26:36,826 Speaker 1: play call has two calls, right, you call one play 513 00:26:36,986 --> 00:26:40,786 Speaker 1: and there's an automatic attached to a meaning, so I 514 00:26:40,826 --> 00:26:42,626 Speaker 1: have two tight ends too. Our receivers in the game, 515 00:26:42,626 --> 00:26:46,306 Speaker 1: I'm in twelve personnel and I can run inside zone 516 00:26:46,346 --> 00:26:49,226 Speaker 1: play to the right, and I'll say, you know, fourteen zone, 517 00:26:49,586 --> 00:26:51,986 Speaker 1: which is a zone play to the right. I'll say automatic, 518 00:26:52,106 --> 00:26:54,786 Speaker 1: meaning if there's a safety down on the right side, 519 00:26:54,826 --> 00:26:56,706 Speaker 1: I want to run away from that safety because that 520 00:26:56,786 --> 00:26:58,746 Speaker 1: safety is unblocked. We don't have anywhere to block. The 521 00:26:59,106 --> 00:27:01,986 Speaker 1: safety comes down to the right side. You'll see, you 522 00:27:02,026 --> 00:27:04,706 Speaker 1: know guys like people used to see Kylin Kaepernick point 523 00:27:04,706 --> 00:27:06,786 Speaker 1: at his helmet because the red Roman system. You see 524 00:27:06,906 --> 00:27:09,826 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson do that. Now. That's basically saying, flip it 525 00:27:09,866 --> 00:27:11,546 Speaker 1: over to the other side. Come on, let's flip it 526 00:27:11,546 --> 00:27:13,506 Speaker 1: over to the other side. That's another way of being 527 00:27:13,546 --> 00:27:15,906 Speaker 1: able to audible at the line of scrimmage. The play 528 00:27:15,946 --> 00:27:19,506 Speaker 1: call may come in with two totally separate calls, like, um, 529 00:27:20,106 --> 00:27:21,866 Speaker 1: I don't know, you have a lead play and then 530 00:27:21,866 --> 00:27:24,786 Speaker 1: you have a kill to a some type of four vertical. 531 00:27:25,266 --> 00:27:27,106 Speaker 1: You know, I have a draw play. I can call 532 00:27:27,146 --> 00:27:29,666 Speaker 1: a draw play if they have too many people in 533 00:27:29,666 --> 00:27:31,586 Speaker 1: the box and it's a single safety high. I think 534 00:27:31,586 --> 00:27:33,906 Speaker 1: we got some advantageous matchups on the outside or in 535 00:27:33,946 --> 00:27:37,186 Speaker 1: the slot. The great ones that I've seen, like the 536 00:27:37,306 --> 00:27:39,426 Speaker 1: great ones like I've heard stories about Brett fave I 537 00:27:39,506 --> 00:27:41,506 Speaker 1: played with Leon Washington and he played with Brett with 538 00:27:41,546 --> 00:27:44,306 Speaker 1: the New York Jets, and he would say. Brett would say, 539 00:27:44,426 --> 00:27:46,986 Speaker 1: I know, you gotta block that linebacker right there, but 540 00:27:47,026 --> 00:27:50,066 Speaker 1: instead of blocking him, if he comes, just swing, I'll 541 00:27:50,066 --> 00:27:51,746 Speaker 1: tell you the ball. And that's how we hand I mean, 542 00:27:51,946 --> 00:27:55,346 Speaker 1: the great ones understand kind of how to manipulate the 543 00:27:55,386 --> 00:27:59,266 Speaker 1: playbook and audible. But still, you know, have the coaches 544 00:27:59,306 --> 00:28:01,106 Speaker 1: back at the same time. Yeah, well you got a 545 00:28:01,186 --> 00:28:03,866 Speaker 1: legend and a Hall of Famer. That always helps because 546 00:28:03,866 --> 00:28:06,346 Speaker 1: they have the acumen in that wiggle to work around 547 00:28:06,346 --> 00:28:09,026 Speaker 1: certain things. I think about the install process. I've heard 548 00:28:09,066 --> 00:28:11,706 Speaker 1: this phrase used all the time. How long these installs 549 00:28:11,746 --> 00:28:14,386 Speaker 1: actually take? From these offenses? You said it changes every 550 00:28:14,426 --> 00:28:16,346 Speaker 1: single week. Is a little bit different. Is it based 551 00:28:16,386 --> 00:28:18,786 Speaker 1: more on what I do really well as an offense 552 00:28:18,906 --> 00:28:21,666 Speaker 1: or what I'm going to see in a game defensively 553 00:28:21,706 --> 00:28:24,506 Speaker 1: from my opponent. Well, my school of thought comes from 554 00:28:24,506 --> 00:28:27,426 Speaker 1: it's always about me, It's always about us, and Pete 555 00:28:27,426 --> 00:28:30,586 Speaker 1: Carroll kind of helped mold that philosophy into my head. 556 00:28:30,706 --> 00:28:33,626 Speaker 1: Joe Putunnel was like that as well. Yeah, you need 557 00:28:33,706 --> 00:28:35,906 Speaker 1: to know what your opponent is gonna do. You need 558 00:28:35,946 --> 00:28:38,346 Speaker 1: to game plan and understand you know their players and 559 00:28:38,386 --> 00:28:40,346 Speaker 1: things like that. But it's about what we do. What 560 00:28:40,506 --> 00:28:43,906 Speaker 1: do we do? Well, there's a play I know everybody 561 00:28:43,906 --> 00:28:46,506 Speaker 1: remembers Beast Quake. Um the beast Quake two point oh. 562 00:28:46,506 --> 00:28:48,706 Speaker 1: What happened a couple of years later against Arizona Cardinals. 563 00:28:48,786 --> 00:28:53,106 Speaker 1: But Beast Quake we were playing the Saints. I was 564 00:28:53,146 --> 00:28:56,426 Speaker 1: in on the play. The play was seventy power. We 565 00:28:56,546 --> 00:28:58,746 Speaker 1: blocked it terribly, But at the end of the day, 566 00:28:58,746 --> 00:29:01,106 Speaker 1: that was Marshawn's favorite play. I mean, that was his 567 00:29:01,146 --> 00:29:04,786 Speaker 1: favorite play. He loved to have a pulling guard and 568 00:29:05,146 --> 00:29:09,266 Speaker 1: the pulling are turned the corner kicked out that linebacker 569 00:29:09,586 --> 00:29:11,906 Speaker 1: and he could kind of get into that divid that 570 00:29:11,986 --> 00:29:15,506 Speaker 1: little triangle right between where the wipe down of the 571 00:29:15,506 --> 00:29:17,986 Speaker 1: double team and the kick out of the of the 572 00:29:18,026 --> 00:29:20,266 Speaker 1: guy he wanted to kind of he he loved being 573 00:29:20,306 --> 00:29:23,266 Speaker 1: in that like a gap space. Well, we never really 574 00:29:23,306 --> 00:29:25,346 Speaker 1: blocked that play, right, We didn't really have the personnel. 575 00:29:25,386 --> 00:29:27,666 Speaker 1: I wasn't a big, strong fullback like a Vante Leach 576 00:29:27,946 --> 00:29:29,826 Speaker 1: that used to play for the Baltimore I wasn't that 577 00:29:29,826 --> 00:29:31,986 Speaker 1: type of a guy, So we really didn't have the personnel. 578 00:29:32,066 --> 00:29:33,906 Speaker 1: But look what happened and ended up being one of 579 00:29:33,906 --> 00:29:36,826 Speaker 1: the greatest runs and playoff history because we had the 580 00:29:36,906 --> 00:29:39,066 Speaker 1: guy to do it. He wanted to play. He put 581 00:29:39,066 --> 00:29:41,066 Speaker 1: it in that week. What I'm trying to say is 582 00:29:41,386 --> 00:29:44,546 Speaker 1: if you do something well, the other team has to 583 00:29:44,546 --> 00:29:46,906 Speaker 1: stop you too, you know what I'm saying that. So 584 00:29:46,946 --> 00:29:48,626 Speaker 1: I come from the school of thought, when you're game 585 00:29:48,626 --> 00:29:51,866 Speaker 1: planning during the week, we start with what the hell 586 00:29:52,026 --> 00:29:54,826 Speaker 1: do we do? Well? We run inside zone, well, we 587 00:29:54,986 --> 00:29:58,946 Speaker 1: run outside zone, well, we run weak side gap scheme, well, 588 00:29:59,266 --> 00:30:02,386 Speaker 1: we do for virtus, well, we got a crazy tight end. 589 00:30:02,666 --> 00:30:04,186 Speaker 1: We need to be able to single him out on 590 00:30:04,226 --> 00:30:06,626 Speaker 1: option routes. Little thing is like that, like a play 591 00:30:06,626 --> 00:30:08,506 Speaker 1: caller can say, these are the five or six or 592 00:30:08,546 --> 00:30:12,106 Speaker 1: seven things I want to happen in this game plan. Okay, 593 00:30:12,266 --> 00:30:15,506 Speaker 1: then you just build around that. Okay, we're great zone runners, right, 594 00:30:15,506 --> 00:30:18,706 Speaker 1: We're great outside zone runners, right. But Aaron Donald's on 595 00:30:18,746 --> 00:30:21,466 Speaker 1: the other side, and he lines up to the offenses 596 00:30:21,586 --> 00:30:23,906 Speaker 1: right as a three technique. We don't have a guard 597 00:30:24,266 --> 00:30:27,026 Speaker 1: that man has ever built that can reach block him. 598 00:30:27,186 --> 00:30:30,146 Speaker 1: So what we're gonna do is instead of running outside 599 00:30:30,266 --> 00:30:32,546 Speaker 1: zone to him or inside zone to him, We're gonna 600 00:30:32,626 --> 00:30:35,426 Speaker 1: run a duo block or crunch block. We're gonna double 601 00:30:35,466 --> 00:30:39,746 Speaker 1: team him and work up to the lineback. Now, same 602 00:30:39,826 --> 00:30:44,026 Speaker 1: footwork for the running back, same same everything for the 603 00:30:44,146 --> 00:30:46,706 Speaker 1: quarterback in the wilde receivers a little bit of an 604 00:30:46,706 --> 00:30:49,866 Speaker 1: adjustment for the offensive linement, but again we're still running 605 00:30:49,866 --> 00:30:52,266 Speaker 1: what we do well with the runner does well, but 606 00:30:52,386 --> 00:30:55,626 Speaker 1: with a little bit of an adjustment. Because we ain't stupid. 607 00:30:56,226 --> 00:30:59,226 Speaker 1: Aaron Donald's on the other side, we we gotta do 608 00:30:59,346 --> 00:31:01,746 Speaker 1: something about him, you know, we just can't let him 609 00:31:01,826 --> 00:31:05,626 Speaker 1: take over the game. He is a dude. I feel 610 00:31:05,626 --> 00:31:08,266 Speaker 1: like I have a much better understanding of the complexity 611 00:31:08,346 --> 00:31:11,826 Speaker 1: around offensive play calling because of your expertise. I hope 612 00:31:11,826 --> 00:31:14,146 Speaker 1: you guys enjoyed this episode. Continue to share it on 613 00:31:14,266 --> 00:31:16,546 Speaker 1: social media, make sure you follow the show wherever you 614 00:31:16,546 --> 00:31:19,986 Speaker 1: get your podcast. That's offensive play call Explained