Sash! posted:

I was curious if maybe the spacing of them added with their number made the seemingly random 160 feet make sense. Like if there were 20 of them spaced out at eight yards, because you'd get 10 on each side of the centerline of the field but that still wouldn't explain why they picked eight feet to space them out.

Dominion posted:

That plus Lucas Oil Stadium is known to have a very fast running track, which inflates (or deflates, I guess) everyone's 40 stats and makes them look better.

McKracken posted:

HeroOfTheRevolution posted:

They accomplish the same thing, it's just a different way to do it.

drunk leprechaun posted:

As far as it being an innovation again I honestly can't say since I haven't watched much Auburn, but I doubt it is that different from what Nevada does.

jeffersonlives posted:

This is basically the ski-gun formation. It's a flexbone at pistol depths. Popped up a few years ago at the HS/small college level, and Georgia Tech (which runs a lot of the conventional flexbone) has been messing around with it.

Sash! posted:

See, I'm at the other end where I want to see someone line up in the Maryland I, Power I, and Delaware Wing-T.

Also Flexbone and some options geez would it kill someone to actually run an option play

Grittybeard posted:

I've heard this given as an argument that Derrick Thomas was a better pash rusher than LT. LT had people learning how to deal with the insane speed rush while he was playing, DT played against schemes that were specifically made for a guy like him.

It's likely partially bullshit and partially true and doesn't particularly matter at this point anyway--I heard this a lot back when Thomas wasn't in the hall and the theoretical reason was because he was a lot like Taylor without being him. But it's kind of interesting to think about in any case.

Detective Thompson posted:

So how come Gronk wasn't credited with three touchdowns? I understand how it wasn't a pass, and therefore Brady didn't get a TD credit on that one, but Gronkowski still ran it in. So why is he only getting 2 TDs on the game? And how is that TD attributed then?

Sleepy Beef posted:

Yeah I see exactly what you mean by that video except in that video the LB actually does blitz and it's an end that backs off into coverage (same difference really). I have no idea to tell if your explanation is correct or not but that seems like even if there are other factors, that would be a significant problem in itself.

Its Miller Time posted:

Can we go into 4-3 and 3-4 a little more? Which positions remain relatively the same when you change, and which are very scheme specific? Obviously there's no NT in a 4-3, but how about say the mike? How different is it when you have two mikes?

Or 4-3 DE's vs. 3-4 DE's. 4-3's are harder to find because they do more rushing than occupying? You rely more on OLB's rushing in a 3-4?

Incoherence posted:

It's sort of uncommon for a player to actually kneel on a sure touchdown, both because it's difficult to think about it in the heat of the moment and because, as Bradshaw discovered, you have to realize it a few yards in advance (and not have any of the defenders realize what you're doing and push you in, which one of the Patriots linebackers was circling around to do). I think it came up in one of the NCAA GDTs this year on a pick-six, where the technically correct play was to fall down with the ball instead of running it back, but good luck actually getting that to happen, especially because there's no chance that you could have talked about that situation in the huddle (unlike this situation).

Example of doing this successfully: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkrRTYbVmpU
Eagles up by 4 with the ball, a little over 2 minutes left, Cowboys out of timeouts. Westbrook breaks a long run, and (correctly) realizes that he should just fall down at the 1. If he scores, the Cowboys get the ball back with a little over 2 minutes and a (remote) chance to score, onside kick, and score again. If he doesn't, the Eagles kneel it 3 times and the game is over.

McKracken posted:

Maybe he joins an awesome league with cool dudes who read FO every day and don't believe in clutch either

I think NFL players or coaches are the only people who can troll FF guys, but even that's 99.9% unintentional.

Hockles posted:

The NHL draft made me remember a question I had a couple weeks ago:

Is there anything against an NFL drafting the rights to a high school player? I know there is the "3 year removed from high school" rule, but besides being stupid and a waste of a pick, is there a reason a team couldn't do that?

Rap posted:

I follow several Broncos/general Denver news people on Twitter. THey're all pretty terrible

SteelAngel2000 posted:

Because one time Peyton Manning lost a playoff game in OT without touching the ball, basically

jeffersonlives posted:

Most teams in this case either launch the ball on an intentionally overthrown go route or snap it to their punter and have him run around and take a knee when the clock runs out.

Trin Tragula posted:

Since sports drinks have been a thing, the market's been pretty much cornered by Lucozade, and they basically had 20 years to establish themselves before Coke and Pepsi waded in; they've got enough sales to make it worthwhile, but Lucozade's still got something like 60-70% of the market. It's quite amusing when you consider that this is the combined marketing forces of Coke and Pepsi we're talking about.

Grittybeard posted:

I'll let a Bears fan handle the current/more recent team, but I'll throw this in. You probably already know a little about him but since you didn't specifically name him my advice is to look up Walter Payton. Here's his NFL films top 100 thing. He was plenty fast and plenty shifty, but holy crap was he vicious too. There are plenty of guys who run over people that break down after a few years but Sweetness just didn't break down. This video isn't specifically about him, it's about the stiffarm in general. But it's still one of my favorite Payton bits, just because you watch everyone else and think 'wow' but then you get to Payton and think

MonsterUnderYourBed posted:

Why, when getting corraled behind the line of scrimmage, do QBs take the sack rather than toss to the sidelines to reset? Is it the risk of the defence knocking the ball before he gets his arm forward and causing the fumble behind the offensive line?

Blackula69 posted:

North Dallas forty. A few bricks shy of a load.vthere's a bunch and most of them are great, including the Blind Side

A Violence Gang posted:

I think it's a guy who falls between the ideal pro sizes for two different positions. Like a college DE who isn't as big as NFL DEs should be and will likely move to OLB.