Big Blue Huddle

What 2 TEs offers is a chance to help both tackles and create an extra running gap. 

Since it looks like the Giants will be going into next season with Boss and Shockey, I thought it might be good to review this offense.

Here are two good articles

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/2006/10/20/ramblings/strategy-minicamps/4412/

LINK to book except


Here are a few play diagrams

Can anyone nail down the year?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI3QNIW452U

Here is an agent explaining what the players face.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4182404264375166000&q=nfl+combine&total=143&start=0&num=20&so=1&type=search&plindex=13

Here is a video that shows many of the tests

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGYSyNcd6FY

Excellent summary of the combine and all of it's events

http://www.sportznutz.com/nfl/draft/combine.htm

With the Combines approaching, this seemed like a good video.  It explains the test and has comments from coaches and GMs and players about the test.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2634763507442816912&q=nfl+combines&total=136&start=20&num=20&so=1&type=search&plindex=3

Pretty good stuff

http://corner.bigblueinteractive.com/index.php?mode=2&thread=277047

That's a good question.  I will have to start watching, to be able to answer it though.   I think one thing I took away from this video was it would seem a cut back style runner would be more negatively affected by adding the eighth man .

Here is another good video explaining and showing how the 4-3 stop the run, this time with 8 men in the box.  Note- This coach seems to switch the terms Weak and Strong linebackers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRB_asdJBUA

Good stuff Ed, very well written.

Bama,

I know that's the college rule, but I am not sure what it is in the pros. 


Here is a nice video using Madden Football to illustrate a screen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfcMM2JWV6c

Here is a very simplified explanation, again using Madden:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfcMM2JWV6c

What do you guys think of this write up?   First off a screen play is an outside behind the scrimmage pass play.  It's designed to take advantage of aggressive defenses.  It does this by allowing D-Linemen to penatrate and then throwing outside their penatration.   The receiver can either be a running back (the traditional screen) or a wide receiver (the bubble screen).   

Here is an animation of a bubble screen

http://static.espn.go.com/ncf/football101/BubbleScreen.swf

here is an animation of a traditional screen

http://static.espn.go.com/ncf/football101/SlowScreen.swf

Now here some links to some good articles covering the screen pass.   Also I would love to get some input from some of the other Xs and Os guys

http://espn.go.com/ncf/columns/davie/1433797.html

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/2007/08/06/ramblings/strategy-minicamps/5260/

Pat Kirwin does a great job explaining the use of the double inside blitz, in the Philly game.  He goes on to explain what could be done to counter it and what was done.  Plenty of good diagrams to help explain things.   

www.nfl.com/goto?id=09000d5d803c0bed

Jimmy,

My opinion is that either defense can be very effective.  It's all a matter of having the right players and a good DC.   I think the 4-3 can be extremely effective when you get someone in the DT position that can get a consistent push in the middle.  This year's Giants and the Warren Sapp Tampa defenses were two good examples of that.