Make the athlete think before....

Marvin Harrison disagrees. It's not as though the defenders don't know the route combinations either X, Y, and Z. There are positives and negatives to both approaches.

But I do agree with getting defenses thinking. Which is why Lazor is an exciting prospect. As far as offensive problems relating to the coordinator, I think the lack of motion and failure to compensate for the offensive line with a quicker passing game were 10x bigger issues.

Much in the same way QB's read defenses pre-snap, defenses do the same to offenses. ****ing with their reads is a good thing. In addition, motion forces defenses to give away information about what coverage they may be in. It can only help a QB, IMO. Drew Brees and the 2012 Saints are a good example. Brees had a monster year by anyone's standards, but statistically the season wasn't up to par with the previous or the year after. Lower completion %, INT %, lower AY/A%, etc... Without Payton, the Saints were a lot more vanilla and predictable. The lack of motion was cited as a big reason.

And given how bad the offensive line was, it was shocking how little effort Sherman put into the quick passing game. I don't think Alex Smith threw more than 6 passes beyond 10 yards all season ffs. Not only were we bad in pass protection, but we couldn't run the ball either. A quicker passing attack would of helped alleviate both problems.

Pressure from the outside (Left/Right tackles) was tremendous. Both tackles bled pressure and sacks. Both positions were by far the biggest culprits in ruining our offense/season.

Moving Tannehill closer to those DE's/OLB's would of been terrible for RT. And it cuts half the field off, in addition to the possibility of extra pressure. Fact is, we couldn't block people with max protection. And Tannehill faced more dime defenses than any QB in the NFL... Giving him less options and flexibility isn't a solution to that problem.

Besides DJ, how many times a game can we bootleg Tannehill? You seem to want him running east/west every play...

 

Haha, I agree with you completely.. I was just giving you a hard time for the spelling/grammar and that this should've been posted sooner. I think we all agree by now and are glad to have Lazor.

 

Agree Deej. to be clear, I believe you mean coaches should make opposing defensive players think... not our OWN players., right?

 

I hear you. I a game that's measure in fractions of a second, and inches every little thing counts.

Zach Thomas often said that that's what made him good. He wasn't the fastest, but because he could knew what was happening a split second before other players he could get there a fraction of a second sooner.... and that was the difference.

Hesitation = Time = Distance and Position on a football field.

If you get to the critical spot sooner than another player, that's a major advantage. If you are behind, it's a major disadvantage.

It's the same as DC's talking about a cornerback needing to learn the system so well that he can 'play fast' instead of having to think about what he is supposed to do and figuring out where he needs to go.

That's why, imo, so many defensive schemes are built on giving players a few key reads to 'automate' what they need to do. "If the FB goes left, you drop into a short zone. If the FB stays put you attack the A gap" type of thing. A GREAT Offensive Co-ordinator will design plays that directly **** with a defensive players keys, confusing them so they don't know WHAT to do. That leads to that wide open WR or TE walking into the endzone on a 'blown coverage'.

Yes, this is a big deal.

 

There's a nice piece on Grantland about Chip Kelly and his influence on the NFL. Lazor is mentioned. The piece goes into some specifics and has gifs of some plays that show how the run concepts work, specifically by taking advantage of a defense's lapse or alignment at the LOS.

What a cool dude. The article talks about how it's his ability to mesh old-school tactics with simple numbers chess matches with modern tempo with packaged plays and on-the-fly adjustments. One hell of a coach.

 

It's not just read-option though. Check out the funky alignment here. But it's really just simple numbers. The defense chooses to account for two legit pass-catchers rather than the unbalanced line. It's totally in line with your point about how you have to make the athletes process information to slow them down even by just a second. (McCoy took this a long way down the right sideline.)



Will we see any of this kind of stuff in Miami?

 

The NFL is a Madden game to Chip.

 

I thought this quote from the article was interesting: "College football has produced a lot of innovation over the last 10 years or so, but many of the great college innovators lack the attention to detail to succeed in the NFL. At the same time, many NFL coaches are too ingrained in the old ways to adapt to an evolving game." I agree whole-heartedly with both sides of that quote.

I also thought that the article's focus or rather Kelly's focus on sports science is revealing for us in terms of the Tannebaum hiring since he was allegedly brought in for that specific purpose. It shows Lazor's influence on Miami and Kelly's influence on Lazor.

 

That's false. Heterosexuals will always be welcome here. So will gays. Deal with it. I've debated Dj pretty intensely on Michael Sam but he's made some excellent points. Maybe you could learn a few things. I know I did.

 

fact of the matter is you offered no evidence of this. You then proceeded to write checks your keyboard couldn't cash for you in terms of hurling accusations. If you're going to be hurling accusations at other members then you better be 100% right or simply report the post and let a mod handle it. Instead by hurling accusations you created further animosity between yourself and DJ. Whatever happened between you two I suggest you try and talk it out like grown ups via PM. The fact is DJ has been talking about stuff like this for years both in the mains and in club. If you asked instead of hurled accusations, that could have been explained to you.


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One thing to remember is that if you make the defense think more you also have to make the offense think more.

Offense can be faster if you remove their need to constantly think.

 

But the offense will still have a major advantage over the defense...it's THEIR playbook. With the scheme/playbook they're putting together, hopefully there will be less audibles needed as well so the tempo can charge ahead, and keep the D on their heels.

 

And that advantage is even higher if they don't have to think about it.

Defense is still on their heels.

One isn't hugely superior than the other. Both ideas of movement and not movement have their merit.

 

I guess I have too high of expectations in their brains...knowing the playbook inside-out means not having to think.