Travis and Jason attempt to explain NFL defenses to new fans of the game
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- Jason and Travis answer a fan submitted question about zone coverage in the NFL. Jason does his best to explain the different types of zone coverages and Travis fills in the blanks for new fans of the game.
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You two should get white boards with football fields on them, so you help people visualize your explanations
While that might help, the best thing you can do in this instance is just summarize by saying whether a pass defender (aka a defensive back or linebacker) is stuck with a guy or if their job is keep an eye on a portion of the field during a play.
Any sort of graphic would help honestly. Get some screen grabs from Madden and say “this is the post route”, “this guy is the corner”, “this guy is the running back”, etc.
Yes!! That's what I just commented.
@@luke_cohen1can they both exist at the same time? Plus visuals you know
Yes!!!!! This would make it so much clearer and easier for them to explain too
As someone who's watched football for years (but will by no means claim to be an expert), there's something rather wholesome about seeing so many newer fans to the game being grateful for these types of explanations. It's so good for the game.
The NFL is practically unwatchable to new fans, from a strategic standpoint. I played ice hockey growing up, so penalty killing and zone etc etc is easy for me to understand, but I'm sure hockey is just a cluster f*** to non-fans. Football is a cluster f*** on a whole other level compared to 5v5 hockey. I have absolutely no idea what is going on. It's like asking someone to appreciate a Jackson Pollock painting. "Yes, this is expensive and a lot of people like it, but I only notice some things I can appreciate, but I don't really understand what is going on." The highlights and big plays are great, but I don't really understand the game, resulting in me not being able to fully appreciate what is happening.
These types of videos are so much more entertaining and interesting than watching NFL on TV, to me. I need many more hours of these kinds of vids before I can sift through the ads and timeout and lengthy games to find the enjoyable bits of the game I like.
The NFL broadcast brings in a retired QB every once in a while and I learn a thing or 2, but these kinds of breakdowns are what I need. I love watching "The Tape Room" on NHL Network, even though I know hockey pretty well. They point out things like a single hesitation leading to scoring chance 10 seconds later. Or a player reacting to the same situation differently after a season under a new coach. Really interesting stuff that I love in sports. The stick lift to save a back-door tap-in goal that nobody notices gets a cheer out of me just as much as a goal. Hockey gets really deep with line changes and how that results in the 2nd period and OT having different strategies and scoring trends due to reversed benches. I want to know that stuff about football, but they do a really bad job of teaching us this stuff on TV. I have to come here to learn the game, and I appreciate this content sooooo much.
Swifties, most dudes that watch football every Sunday learned something from Travis in this conversation. If you're following this at all, you're way ahead of the game.
Travis' professional football playing brother learned something from this conversation lol
Thank you! I googled every word he said that went over my head but I'm still trying to catch up XD glad to know this is more advanced...
hell no not most lol
@@iGaveLiaHIV Even Jason Kelce learned something about the concepts Travis was talking about, I think you're seriously underestimating how many people casually watch football without understanding a lot about schemes (and I mean truly understanding them, not recognizing them from Madden).
There are players in the NFL right now, that can’t explain what they do to a novice.
My dad is a biochemist. This reminds me of the time, when I was little & I asked him to show me how to tell time & instead he tried to teach me how to build an atomic clock..
Well every other way is merely an approximation so good for him!
this is the most thoughtful thing ever- a new football fan
Gives a whole new meaning to, “not now chief, I’m in the f’in zone.”
Nice 👍
SOOOOIT 😤
Hahahahah!
I deeply appreciate how seriously you answer questions like this. I have experienced both if the person is safe to ask they don't know the answer and they may know the answer but they just want to gatekeep and talk down to you because "why don't you know" or "why are you asking, silly woman this is a man's game". I could talk up and down about basketball, but the best I could do was name all 32 NFL teams and a minimal knowledge of positions. It's nice to have safe, knowledgeable people to be able to ask what might be an obvious question.
As a quite 'new' NFL fan, this is all gibberish to me 🙈🙊😂 but I love this game with all the energy given by every player in every line! Bit by bit i'm understanding more & more of this phenomenol game ❤Greetings from Belgium!
QUESTION FOR JASON:
What are the most difficult assignments for a center? Types of combo blocks? Pulling for a sweep? When the D stems? And are there certain techniques that only a handful can perform, which unlocks additional options for the offense and play calls?
I'd like to hear this as well
Would guess a reach block... i.e. when a OL has to block someone lined up to the play side of them, but yeah would love to hear from Jason on that
@@rob_bg1668yeah. I would say reach blocks. You have to beat your man to the spot, while he has a head start. Then when you beat him, you have to stop all your momentum and stop him.
After that i would say pass blocking. You are reacting to them, and they are dictating the terms with slants, stunts, and blitzes.
I think one of the things Jason does really well compared to other C is that he is so good at reading the protection needed for the Blitz/Rush that are coming. It’s one of the overlooked aspect of Center that people often forgot because nowadays people expect QB to do well in scramble.
@@rob_bg1668as someone who played center I have to agree, reach blocks are hard
I just watched the kelce documentary & bawled my eyes out start to finish man. For the first time I feel like I fell in love with football and even moreso the kelce family. It’s insane how much I could relate as a 40 yr old newly widowed mom who is having to fight out wtf do I do now, wtf is next for me & try to build a new life that is so foreign to me & trying to figure out what that looks like at this age is so overwhelming that sometimes you wanna say screw it, I can’t. But this documentary highlighting the fight inside Jason especially, and his WIFE, & even Travis was really inspiring for me. It reminded me that no matter what there’s always more fight inside, there’s always a deeper place you can dig to fight harder & get further than you have before. I needed that today. So thank you guys for being so open with your lives, being so inspiring, & doing this podcast, being so kind & patient w/ us who are clueless about football but are getting sucked in bc we are romantics and feel like we are watching a real life rom com, it’s crazy & even cheesy at my age but idc, it’s joyful & inspiring. Thanks guys! ❤
Oh P.S. I did actually know who Travis was bc I was sick back in 2016 & was stuck with nothing to do out in the country with only satellite tv & ended up watching catching kelce in 2016 having no clue who he was but he was cute & funny & I ended up liking Avery a lot & followed her & lauren & Veronica on IG for workout tips 😂. I don’t think I’ve seen Travis since & once I saw all the news it clicked & I thought it was hilarious but I was hyped bc you can’t not love him (&the fam) if you get to know him but now I’m a lifelong super fan of this whole family & follow you all.
I have loved football for 20 years, and I have picked up a lot of it as I go, but obviously I have nowhere near the understanding of it that you all have. Thank you for explaining it. Good luck to both of you.
I'm in the same boat. It's refreshing hearing Travis talk about how every team labels and schemes differently. Players have to go through a learning curve every time they have a new team and/or coach. Not sure it's even possible for us as fans to fully know what's going on without being in the meetings with those guys.
@@adammac125 for sure, even the zones are named/labeled differently across different teams, I've come to learn. It's pretty tough on the fans, but we don't really have to know all the technical wording to enjoy it so there's that
All my knowledge comes from video games 😅
Hearing Jason start his explanation by saying he doesn't know it as well as Travis and not being able to explain it fully and lots of people in the comments talking about learning this for the first time is a massive relief
One thing people don't realize is that most, if not all NFL players are not only athletic freaks of nature, but they are extremely intelligent as well. I only played in high school, but the level of understanding you need to have for a play to work really well is like learning a foreign language. It is not easy and one little mistake or misunderstanding can ruin a whole play. You need to know not only your responsibility, but also the responsibilities of the 2 guys next to you, the QB, and anyone touching the ball. Then you need to be able to adjust when the defense try's to trick you. Us normal people are lucky if we can follow half of what is actually happening on an NFL football field.
@@luke-i1w And this is why some super athletes you expect to make it in the NFL, don't.....they don't understand all the offenses/defenses in the league...they don't understand the play books....or if they do understand them, they don't understand them well enough that it's all second nature. This is precisely why Mahomes and Kelce are so great....this stuff comes mostly second nature to them...their football IQ is off the charts...you can tell they aren't frazzled about anything that is going on out there...they know where they need to be and they know where everyone else needs to be.
@@RhinoViper Exactly. Whenever an announcer asks "How is Kelce always open?" the answer is it's because he and Mahomes are most likely the two smartest and observant people on a field filled with exceptionally smart people.
@@luke-i1wit’s why I have a theory that QBs that couldn’t graduate HS on time don’t tend to pan out. Despite all the flash and hype. Andrew Luck everyone thought would go further, Tannehill, and I’m calling it with Tua too.
@@RhinoViperand why some super hyped talents don’t go as far as you’d expect. Luck, Tannehill, Tua all were held back or flunked a grade earlier in life.
What great brotherly love! I have 5 brothers and no 2 can get along. Congratulations to Papa Kielce, job well done!
Wait till you hear the story of how Jason suplexed Travis into the couch so hard that the legs of the couch broke the hardwood floor. Now that's brotherly love!
Wait!!!!! You better give Mama Kelce lots of credit, too!!!!! ❤😊
I learned pretty much everything i know about defensive coverages from playing madden. It's an underrated learning tool for such a complicated sport.
It was awesome for learning the game. Especially for a UK fan like me.
I love that this is a segment ❤ I didn't grow up around football and a big reason I never got into it later was because, in my personal experience, a lot of the fans came off rather toxic and I felt very judged asking "dumb questions". Thanks to y'all I finally understood what a down was after years of asking people and only being met with eyerolls. Y'all explain all of this so well and there is not even a hint of judgement in your tone. You two alone are I'm sure hugely responsible for tons of new fans feeling comfortable to start watching football and we all really appreciate you!
Eh, if you just watch football intently for an entire game you’d probably be able to guess what a down is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I’m excited for this weeks show!Wednesday can’t come soon enough!
I’ve only played HS football and sometimes watch football and I learned something today! Not sure why but Travis and Jason explaining things makes me understand the concepts better than one of my old coaches or family members. Thanks, gents!!
explaining zone coverage to the Swifties - I love this
I grew up around football but my father never explained it. I love Taylor Swift but I’m genuinely here because the content and knowledge are great. Love the show
Swift who? We need help at wide receiver!!
@@KeithZimD'Andre Swift
@marcuscho17 Romo Swift.
Default running back on NFL Street 1's NFL Challenge when u pick the rush offense team type
IM gonna level with you, I'd bet most meatheads don't know shit about reading defensive schemes.
@@milleribsenalbeefan I'm sorry for necro-ing this, but holy shit, the deep cut!
this podcast is just so much better than anything else I encounter. These guys are just the IT BOYS
I am loving these new fans asking questions I never bothered to learn after years of watching football. Thanks, Swifties, for expanding my knowledge base
This helped me some. When I watch football and especially defense I just see a bunch of guys on the field. Now I'll look to see if I can understand what they are doing better.
Please more Explanations, It is such an interesting sport but very hard to understand if you didn't grew up with it❤
Brett Kollman makes some great videos breaking down film, explaining coverages
@@coleeto2 I second this. I've learned so much from Brett.
The QB school on TH-cam is really helpful too. Breaksdown both sides of the field plus QB's every week
Awesome channel
Does anybody else feel still feel like your in kindergarten taking college level calculus? 😂😂😂 I was a straight A honor student with an academic scholarship to college & even the dumb down version has my head spinning 🤣 Gives me mad respect for football players! This ish is complicated! Oh & I just finally watched the kelce documentary & bawled my eyes out start to finish man. For the first time I feel like I fell in love with football and even moreso the kelce family. It’s insane how much I could relate as a 40 yr old newly widowed mom who is having to fight out wtf do I do now, wtf is next for me & try to build a new life that is so foreign to me & trying to figure out what that looks like at this age is so overwhelming that sometimes you wanna say screw it, I can’t. But this documentary highlighting the fight inside Jason especially, and his WIFE, & even Travis was really inspiring for me. It reminded me that no matter what there’s always more fight inside, there’s always a deeper place you can dig to fight harder & get further than you have before. I needed that today. So thank you guys for being so open with your lives, being so inspiring, & doing this podcast, being so kind & patient w/ us who are clueless about football but are getting sucked in bc we are romantics and feel like we are watching a real life rom com, it’s crazy & even cheesy at my age but idc, it’s joyful & inspiring. Thanks guys! ❤
I AM addicted to this Podcast now! Love these guys 🥳🍀😎🤩 Jason’s wifey Kylie is GREAT 😊 🎉 PS: Football 🏈 is my favorite sport…been watching forever 👍🏽
I think a good way to explain it to new fans is this...
Man coverage is how you would play if you played outside with some friends or family. Everyone lines up and has 1 specific person they are covering...and you chase them all over the field wherever they go.
Zone coverage is you don't really care about any 1 player...you are covering a "zone"/area on the field and if a player comes into that area then you'll pay attention to that guy, but if he leaves your zone then you don't care anything about him anymore.
It’s quick and and if you’re not a Top Gun fanatic you’d easily miss it, Travis quickly slides in “you can play for me anytime “ in reference to the famous line in Too Gun. Brilliant in the moment remark.
Awesome listening to you guys try to break this down for the common fan. Terminology is like learning a new language and each team has its own dialect it seems. It displays the chess/strategic aspects of football which makes it so fun and unique that combination of strategy and brutality.
Right, and you saying that the terminology is like learning a new language and it seems every team has its own dialect is the same way I have always looked at it as well. I mean, they have to have their own dialect and/or slang, if you will, because if every team didn’t then the players, from the other team, on the other side of the ball would know exactly what the other team was saying and what plays they were calling. But the absolute craziest part, out of all of that, is every team has to change it up every single year!!! If trades and free agents didn’t exist then they wouldn’t have to but if last year’s teammate was traded or signed by another team and your team played your old teammate’s new team this year then your play calling would be deciphered within seconds and they would have you dead to rights no matter what you called, but I guess that would only work on adjustments at the line and audibles because the huddle is far enough away from the line of scrimmage and the crowd is so loud the other team can’t hear what is said in the huddle, but still!!! I mean, could you imagine playing for the Dolphins and learning all of their dialect and different meanings for words and then get shipped off to another team next year and having to learn a whole new system of words and whatnot!?!?!? Especially quarterbacks when they get traded, because I think they have to know the whole entire offensive playbook, as well as all of the routes the WR run, on pass plays, and the optional routes a WR can take on every play and everything else that comes with the territory when you’re a QB. And maybe it’s easier to learn and pick up all of that stuff if you’ve been doing it all since high school all the way up and through to the NFL??? But geez Louise man, it is just simply mind blowing from my perspective!!! But then again, the only football I ever played was the rec league when I was in middle school. I love football and trying to learn what I can but listening to Tony Romo, Greg Olson and all the other experts on TV just makes me think, “you might as well give up because the shit they’re saying is like trying to decipher fucking Quantum Physics 4 times on Sunday for 3 hours at a time, which is completely impossible!!! I watch a lot of football play calling videos and explanations and stuff, but I get so frustrated because is so much to it and it can be very complicated and overly confusing that eventually I just quit watching somewhere about mid video, more times than not!!!
The great thing about Travis and Taylor dating is that it provides a reason/subject where wifes/girlfriends/daughters can speak to their fathers/boyfriends. Very rare that such an event can reach across groups. I am sure that their partners can elaborate more.
No dumb questions is also not only for Swifties but also for anyone internationally to ask questions. I hope that Taylor can drop in and say hi once a season just like I enjoy Kylie every time she pops in.
Get outta here, this Taylor thing likely wont last the year and shouldn’t be getting this much attention
@@WLJ1287 True, if you are speaking as a NFL Dad like you are.
But I could hardly keep the tears away when my wife and teenage daughter suddenly sat down, watched, and ask questions about the game I was watching. And it wasn't even a Chiefs or Eagles game. I know it won't last, but for 20 years as a Dad, I am grateful for any small excuse I can get to grab the attention from my daughter and wife.
You two are the best. I love your podcast.
This went way over my head when they went over the 2nd part
Read the safeties (defensive players furthest from the ball)
- 1 safety (cover 1 or 3)
- 2 safeties (cover 2, 4, or 6)
That’s the easiest way to START understanding zone defense. Coaches will try and “base align” or default their defense to look the same every time to confuse offenses, but for basic understanding, just look deep and watch the safeties and see how they move when the ball is snapped. If they drop back or seem to just be watching, they’re part of the outer zone which defines which zone it is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6
100% do a stream that just covers basic strategy with whiteboards. Please. You guys are so watchable.
New listener here. I really enjoy y’all’s podcast. I grew up and was born and raised watching all sports since I was a kid. Absolutely love football but have never understood a lot of what the plays mean. From Indiana so raised as a Colts fan, lived in South Florida for 7 yrs but definitely could not get into the Dolphins. I have now lived in Springfield Missouri the last 6 yrs. Bottom line I have learned more about football from this podcast. Thank y’all for taking the time to explain so much about football. Excellent job guys. Still Colts fan since I started with them but I do watch the Eagles and KC because I enjoy this show. Y’all are good peeps🙌. Jason’s kids are the cutest. Absolutely love Kylie❤. Good job boyzzz
Can’t believe I just discovered this channel, you guys are awesome.
Best podcast ever
Love this! I didn’t play football in school and didn’t watch a lot growing up. I’m always looking for these details. They make the game more interesting.
😂 Travis " On the map!!! You R too Giddy ❤ it Wishing U n Taylor Good Vibes n Blessings
Thanks again for the explanation! I live in Germany and grew up with soccer, this helps a lot!
Glad you explained it! No idea what you said but sounded great
So understating this is like some fresh hell zone between IKEA directions and the GRE analytical section.
I was keeping up with Jason, and then Travis took over. I have been watching this sport for many years! I understand zone, man and fuck that guy is wide open catch him. The last one was said a lot when my broncos was playing the dolphins..
Outstanding explanation guys. I knew a lot of this except cover 6 and combo coverages like quarter quarter half. Now I have new stuff to study. Thanks!
I agree with the comment about the white boar. I need a visual!
Thank you... actually my first season... I live in Spain so mostly I catch up through TH-cam
Si puedes sigue a Rubén ibeas, es español y tiene un libro explicando todos estos conceptos a fondo, pero si no con ver partidos ya irás pillando dinámicas y como va el juego
Im glad you guys did this haha, im happy to say i came here before the whole Swift movement haha. Kylie clowning on both of you with the documentary promo hooked me in lol
Thank you explaining everything..it’s good to see it and make it simple to understand
Love this talk!! I would like to hear more like this!!
Please do a Detail style series where Travis breaks down coverage minutiae and Jason goes through O-Line Pass Pro variations and different run schemes.
You guys are just every day guys which makes what you do and how you do it more fun to understand and watch - thanks big guys
Hey hey Travis wearing his Ignition Lab shirt!
travis is a zone coverage killer master of knowing when to just sit in a gap
Love this podcast! love both of these guys!!❤❤
As someone who’s only watched FB and never played, I would venture to add: man coverage your eyes are mostly on the potential receiver (WR, TE, backs), zone coverage your eyes are mostly on the quarterback
Great chat! Jason knows as much about attacking defensive schemes as anyone!!
As a Bengals fan, i like Travis more and more with these clips. Especially when he's repping UC.
He's the type of guy you hate when he's on the other team but love him if he's on your team.
Btw we need a tight end just saying...😅
"if you have some horses, it can be tough to hide" 😂 love the context clues for whatever 'horse' is used for on field
Well stated, football brothers. I learned a lot.
Zone coverage is no different than a Zone defense in Basketball. You are covering an area instead of sticking to a specific man.
You’re right but they described it from a pro standpoint. Your point still holds though because an NBA zone is far more complex than anything we ran as kids falling back into a 2-3
"Zone" coverage is really just a way of sorting out who you are going to man up on. "Man" coverage you know who you are marking pre snap and generally follow(pre snap motion usually identifies this)
"zone" you find out after the snap when the receivers run their routes.
Outside of VERY specific situations, like goalline or 4th and 30.
@@jaysnow701
So, I know that motion on the offensive side will show if the defense is running man or zone, pre-snap. And I know sometimes a defense will show zone but switch to man when the ball is snapped and vise-versa, show man and switch to zone. However, is a “hybrid” defense even a thing? And by “hybrid” I mean some of the defense is playing zone and the rest of the defense is playing man? I don’t know what situations and/or plays a “hybrid” coverage would be useful in or if it would even work or it’s even possible, but I always thought, while watching football on TV, that when an offensive player goes in motion and the defensive player either runs along with the motion guy, showing man coverage, or the motion guy goes and nobody follows from the defense, showing zone coverage, but why does the defense show the offense what they’re running pre-snap, even though they can switch to the opposite coverage after the snap. I would imagine what I just typed may be a bit confusing and/or hard to understand if it even made sense, but I guess what I am asking is there ever a time where some of the defense is in zone and the rest are in man, during the same play??? And I say that because if the defense follows the motion it shows man and not following shows zone, but what keeps the defensive player following the motion from staying man on his assignment and the other backs playing in zone? Wouldn’t that be one way to make the offense, QB especially, think a defense is doing one thing when they’re doing something completely opposite and/or halfway opposite. I mean, you could have your linebackers playing zone from the line of scrimmage out to, for example let’s just say, 10-12 yards deep and the safeties playing man from 12 yards and deeper, or vise versa with your LB’s playing man for 10-12 yards, again just for an example as this number could be adjusted up and/or down in yardage, and the safeties picking up man coverage if the receivers get deeper than 12 yards and/or behind the LB’s zone coverage. Now, teams may be doing this sort of thing on defense already, or maybe they have been doing it forever since the dawn of football, I really and truly don’t know, but if they are or have been doing it then I have never heard any of the announcers say anything about it and they are always talking about zone this and man that during the broadcast and if they aren’t doing anything like a “hybrid” coverage or never have done anything similar, then SURELY I ain’t the one and only person that’s ever thought about something like, what I call, a “hybrid” defensive coverage, if you will!?!?!? I am very hopeful that this all made enough sense for you, or someone “in the know”, to follow along and/or understand what I was trying to say and elaborate on this and/or provide me with an answer or an explanation as to why this may or may not work on the field!!! Have a wonderful weekend!!!
@@jongoin4404 cover 3 Mable is a zone defense with 1v1 man coverage. But it is typically called when the offense goes 3-4wr to one side. The other dual you see is man defenders dropping in coverage when their assignment blocks, or sometimes they will blitz.
The reason you do not see Hybrid designs is the likely hood of getting something wrong. If the offense runs a jet motion(or the newish motion Miami did with Tye Hill) you have a blink of an eye to process everything, and 7 defenders need to read all of it the same to keep their run D integrity, and get their shift pre snsp. Also you are now stuck with a RB having a 5 yard headstart to the flat on the LB who has to filter across a sitting TE and chasing DB.
It's amazing that you all are saying English words that are very common, but strung together, I'm having such a hard time understanding lol. Makes me appreciate how complex playing football is.
I have always said American football is like chess with physical violence.
Would love to hear more talk about the GAME of football and the business. I think a lot of players themselves would benefit.
cover 6 / quarter-quarter half is a very Vic Fangio defense. He used it to try and slow down high-powered vertical offenses.
I played defensive end for 10 years, from pop warner to senior year of high school. I always ignored when our defenses were talking to our DBs. I knew my job was to stay low, get some penetration but not too much in case they tried to run/screen under me, and definitely don't let anyone get around you. That's all I knew and I lived it. After the season my coach and I were talking and I said "I had no idea what all of those coverages meant" and he said "you're on the honor roll really?" Haha
This is the content I love from Pro players!
Thank you for adding the graphics!!
The QB from my high school way back when made it to the NFL playing for the SD Chargers. They even went to the SB that year. He said the NFL is insane. They are real big AND real fast. The hits are actually similar to car wrecks with no airbags or seat belts. He made another interesting statement. He said you also have to be really smart and or work really hard to learn the plays, watch film and be intuitive to what your teammates are doing.
i love your podcast
Love this. I am a visual learner and would love to have accompanied graphics with this lessons 👀
Cover 6 🤯
Best part of Travis explaining zone coverage is that no zone coverage works good on him 😂 the man literally eats up the zone.
I am my favorite show. Love the Chris Jone show. l did not know he was so funny . I have been going back and watching all the show. I big a big chief fan all my live because I live in Topeka Kansas. You should have a super fan on your show me
As a swiftie my favourite part about this is they haven't suddenly become 1 person. This may make me a bit of a hypocrite but I'm glad that he still does his career and she does hers. 2 people have their own separate fan base and they're continuing to keep it that way
THANK YOU for this, I love it! And always wanted to know, as well. ;-)
This was helpful actually. I’d be really interested in knowing how you guys handle a guy coming in from another team. Is there like a “bro code” where there’s no telling your former team’s secrets (or in the contracts) or is anything fair game? Do you have to constantly change play calls?
What I've heard other players say (because this question gets asked of players a lot) is that realistically, the incoming player doesn't have information that the new team doesn't know. Teams study up on other teams' plays all the time.
think that depends on the player. coaches absolutely try to exploit anything they can get from them e.g., terminology called out loud on the field. But then the opposing coach knows you may know so he may use the old terminology to mean new things... fun times @@willch.2259
some teams will sign a player that was dropped from the team they are playing next just to see if they can get any edge they can. Theres stories from players being excited to be picked up by a new team only to be released a week later lol. no bro code or contract stipulation or anything. teams will make changes if they suspect the other team was able to learn something new they wouldnt be able to learn through scouting otherwise. as for if this is a successful strategy? prolly not but it does work out once in a while. plus when you leave a team, you lose access to whatever playbook and materials the former team provided
Great effort in the game Jason🎉
More of this please!
Y’all said just 1 too many numbers around the 5:08 part for my brain to keep up w/ but I def enjoy just listening to them talk tho!🤦🏽♀️🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭🦅💚
I learned these concepts through osmosis just being around football, so it’s really cool to hear it broken down
I would like to see them act out these scenarios with Jason’s daughters’ toys. Really give us the visual.
If there is anyone who is super confused about what is going on - Brett Kollman on TH-cam does break downs on how schemes work - its pretty high level but watching a few of them gave me a lot more understanding on how defenses and offensive schemes work
The basic concept of man vs zone I somewhat understand. When it gets into split field coverages, quarters, zone on one side, man on other etc is when I start to stumble. It can get real complicated real fast. Prefer man coverage for CBs & zone of LBs & SS and a roaming FS for help, blitz or run support
Having multiple coverages at the same time makes me realize why all the pre snap motion in offense can create such chaos.
Easy please...
Defense guys
do not let any one pass you by.
Area of field (grass) that defense guy will stay there until the offence person enters the area ..
Then they cuddle(get up all in their Business) to not let the football 🏈 be caught or go any further towards a touch down...
Zone => stand your ground of grassy patch...
How was that????
Travis eyes is sparkling lol 😅🤣🤩🤩 hahaha....now we know why lolol 😅🥰🤣
I would love if they made some of the episodes to be tactics only for both offensive plays and defensive plays were they also include other players or something.
As a former center, I cannot understand zone defense if my life depended on it! I can tell you all about spread offenses and this formation or that formation, zone blocking, wing t and veer blocking. Actually played against CJ Ham in HS usually 2 times a season. He was an unstoppable running back and a damn good nose guard on D. Focus was always on me watching their film the week before. Gotta contain him.. Not one CJ Ham sack when he played me 😊
Very very cool that Jason Kelce can speak to that stuff. Not all NFL players know ball.
Uncle Trav sounds like a future coach in the making
Nice job men love the show
I am from South Africa , and honestly new to the world of American Football. Every word you guys say about the game sounds like a foreign language 😂. In my country, we live and breath rugby, especially since we are the defending Rugby World Champions and we just made it through to the semi-finals for this year's world cup. Can you explain the difference between football and rugby please😅. I'm sure there are now alot of non-americans who have the same question 😂 Btw, I am really enjoying this podcast, learning about the sports culture, etc. Lots of love from sunny South Africa!!!
I have played both and can say this. Rugby is more fluid of a game but Football is more designed. Rugby does not allow blocking, Football does, Rugby only passes backwards to move the ball forward but football allows you to design passes that move the ball forward or to design blocking that allows a runner to move the ball forward.
Some similarities are how field position is thought about. In football if it's easier to defend the length of the field than to get a first down, then they punt it to the other team. Just like in Rugby when we kick it. Hopefully this helped frame there differences. I love both sport dearly
Played both. Rugby is an amazing game. American football and rugby started out as really similar, but over time changed. In American football, biggest difference is the forward pass and the stoppage of play in between downs. But you can see the similarities. Line of scrimmage sort of like a ruck or scrum. Laterals still legal, though uncommon.
One thing I always thought was interesting is how a kickoff is a live ball even if it isn’t touched. Clearly a rugby rule leftover. It’s the only play in American football where that’s the case. Just a remnant haha
This is cool. Especially for kids in middle school that want to play
Probably the best explanation of zone defense I've ever heard.
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Haha it’s a fun game. Thank you for breaking it down!!!
Zone coverage: Here is an example: 'Cover 2'
(Defense) This guy is a deep safety - X This guy is the other deep safety - X
This vertical line is the middle of the field I The safeties above cover deep receivers in their half
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Linebackers - X X X
This (X) is a defensive cornerback This is another defensive cornerback (X)
Def. Line - X X X X
Off. Receiver 0 Offensive line 0 0 0 0 0 0 Another receiver 0
Quarterback 0
Running backs 0 0
Just like the safeties cover their split-down-the-middle halves of the field, the cornerbacks cover their halves of the field closer to where the play starts. If a receiver enters their area, they are responsible. If the receiver leaves their area, or 'zone', they release him to the guy who covers the zone that receiver enters.
Other variations of splitting up the field in zone coverage are 3 zones (Cover 3), 4 zones deep (cover 4), etc.
This is the video I needed. My madden game is about to be out of control
I don't really care for either of their teams, but when they get together they are hilarious.
All this told me is I don't know sh*t about the nuance of football and need to shut up when I complain about my teams offense or defense doing poorly 🤣
Thank you I understand it
Being brother and opponents for lack of a better word, please have a video answering what things in general you won't disclose to each other in order to not undermine your respective teams?
How stupid is that! You want them to get on the internet and give away secrets? You are talking about these men's families' future. There must be something wrong with you.