Football analysis and strategy from Chris B. Brown
Why Every Team Should Apply the Constraint Theory of Offense
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Why Every Team Should Apply the Constraint Theory of Offense
What kind of offense should you (or do you) run? A typical responses sounds something like: “I run a system with bubble screens, play action passes, screens, and draws.” This is a nonsensical answer. That’s not an offense; it’s a collection of plays. An offense consists of what are your base runs, base dropback passes,…
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Strategic trends for the next decade? Start with defense
In their tag-teamed auguries for the next decade of college football, Stewart Mandel and Andy Staples reflect on the decade of the spread and look to the option offenses of the ’70s to predict what big things might come next: 8. The spread and pro-style offenses will learn to coexist College offenses constantly go in…
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Good paragraphs about Madden
And not just this year’s edition. From ESPN: Hawkins wanted “Madden” to play out like the NFL. Equivalent stats. Similar play charts. Real football. By contrast, Lyndon and Knox previously had made a well-received “Monday Night Football” title featuring arcade-style, action-heavy game play. That clicked with Genesis “Madden” producer Rich Hilleman, whose top design priority…
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Can the West Coast Offense be taught anywhere besides the NFL?
Is it possible to run the “West Coast Offense” — the offense credited to Bill Walsh and those of his “coaching tree” — at any level other than the NFL? The answer is not necessarily clear. Indeed, despite being the most prevalent offense in the NFL, the WCO seems designed to overwhelm any college or…
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Did the spread really evolve from the single-wing?
Brian Cook thinks so, but I’m not so sure. The idea that the spread, or, even just Gus Malzahn’s offense in particular, “is a modern-day version of the single wing” is overdone. (To be fair, the Judy Battista’s NY Times piece focuses on the wildcat, which I do think has a great deal in common…
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