Football analysis and strategy from Chris B. Brown
New Grantland: Are Alex Smith and Andy Reid a Good Match in Kansas City?
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New Grantland: Are Alex Smith and Andy Reid a Good Match in Kansas City?
It’s now up: But there are lingering questions about both Smith and Reid. I’ll let others address whether the Chiefs overpaid for Smith, but I’m still not so sure that the fit is as good as it would seem. As is West Coast offense tradition, when Reid’s offense was at its best, it was as…
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New Grantland: Matt Barkley’s Favorite Play — the West Coast Offense Classic, “Sluggo Seam”
My breakdown of west coast offense staple — and Matt Barkley’s favorite play — is now up over at Grantland: To understand Barkley’s answer, it’s necessary to understand USC’s offense. When Pete Carroll took the head-coaching job at USC, he hired longtime BYU assistant coach Norm Chow as his offensive coordinator. Carroll wanted the vaunted…
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Packaging three-step and five-step passing concepts into the same play
Modern defenses are very, very good. Too good, in fact, for successful offenses to expect to be able to simply call some traditional play in the huddle — ye olde 24 Blast or 42 Boot Pass — and be able to simply line up and run it with any hope of sustained success. Not only…
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