RE: 2015 NFL thread
November 9, 2015 at 12:00 am
(This post was last modified: November 9, 2015 at 12:01 am by SteelCurtain.)
I put end of half management more on the QB than the coach when the no huddle is being run.
QBs require pre-snap reads, and they will regularly waste 10-15 seconds of running clock trying to get the defense to come out of its shell so he can kill the play or audible into something to exploit the defensive weakness.
Put the camera on the OC/HC during this 10-15 seconds and you'll see them pulling out their hair more than likely. For some of these more experienced QBs (like Big Ben, for example), they are deciding what 2 plays to call in the huddle, deciding to kill one at the LOS, and reading the defense, calling out protections to the OL, and deciding on things like hot receivers/blitz direction etc. It's a lot of stuff.
For coaches like Belecheat, his offense is a ballet, and largely ignores the defense except for film tendencies and whatever he's gleaned by stealing defensive signals. So he calls a play, and Tommy Boy quick snaps it, not caring about reading the defense. (In the no huddle---Tommy can read defenses as good as anyone) It relies on the receivers/backs making the right pre-snap reads, being football savvy. That's why less athletically talented players who are smart and have good football IQ and take coaching well do well in his scheme.
He's less playing chess than performing a dance routine. It's successful until you get consistent pressure on Brady or have a significantly altered defense and do stuff that's not on film. (See Tom Coughlin's masterpiece in 2007/12)
QBs require pre-snap reads, and they will regularly waste 10-15 seconds of running clock trying to get the defense to come out of its shell so he can kill the play or audible into something to exploit the defensive weakness.
Put the camera on the OC/HC during this 10-15 seconds and you'll see them pulling out their hair more than likely. For some of these more experienced QBs (like Big Ben, for example), they are deciding what 2 plays to call in the huddle, deciding to kill one at the LOS, and reading the defense, calling out protections to the OL, and deciding on things like hot receivers/blitz direction etc. It's a lot of stuff.
For coaches like Belecheat, his offense is a ballet, and largely ignores the defense except for film tendencies and whatever he's gleaned by stealing defensive signals. So he calls a play, and Tommy Boy quick snaps it, not caring about reading the defense. (In the no huddle---Tommy can read defenses as good as anyone) It relies on the receivers/backs making the right pre-snap reads, being football savvy. That's why less athletically talented players who are smart and have good football IQ and take coaching well do well in his scheme.
He's less playing chess than performing a dance routine. It's successful until you get consistent pressure on Brady or have a significantly altered defense and do stuff that's not on film. (See Tom Coughlin's masterpiece in 2007/12)
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