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The Fish Whisperer

The Fish Whisperer

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Sitting here watching the Seahawks game. I see the coaches talking on their headsets, I see the QB's looking at the little screen attached to their arm with velcro and wondering if the QB has a speaker initiative his helmet as well.

What has happened to sports these days.? Managers telling players how to make their every move...like baseball. The catcher looks over before/ on every pitch to tell the pitcher....it's like, let the pitcher make his own play, let the quarterback make his own play

I don't know, it seems like we have moved away from traditional playing.
 
How about the new kickoff rules? I'll take the 'issues" identified above any day over the kickoff BS now in place.
 
I don't mind the kick off. I hate the onside rules though.
 
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At a recent FOOTBALL EVENT i attended, I proclaimed they should just announce. Just announce the winner!!! Skip the game ahh who cares. Just ANNOUNCE which team won!!!

Several major professional sports associations are moving to the ANNOUNCE model where they skip the game and just announce who won.

It's time for the NFL to just announce
 
I can’t tell is this is a serious post or a troll job. If serious, the first speaker in a QBs helmet was in 1956, but became standard league wide in the early 90s. The thing in their arm is just a printed play reference sheet. And QBs audible all the time?

If this is a just a troll, good job I guess, ya got me.
 
Well, yes, very true, but if that’s the case, catchers wouldn’t look over every pitch to the coach for the hand signals he is giving. That was a big to do awhile back because someone was stealing signs and communicating to the other team.

NFL quarterbacks have a speaker in their helmet….where is the spirit of playing in that I don’t know.
Just let the players make their own calls and level the playing field so to speak. Make it so is about playing and the money…
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ColinShots said:
I can’t tell is this is a serious post or a troll job. If serious, the first speaker in a QBs helmet was in 1956, but became standard league wide in the early 90s. The thing in their arm is just a printed play reference sheet. And QBs audible all the time?

If this is a just a troll, good job I guess, ya got me.
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Nope, not a troll. Not intended to get folks all hot and bothered. Just an opinion. I was just thinking out loud how things have changed so much with professional sports.
 
The Fish Whisperer said:
Nope, not a troll. Not intended to get folks all hot and bothered. Just an opinion. I was just thinking out loud how things have changed so much with professional sports.
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There is no doubt a lot has changed in sports…some good, some bad.

Today’s QB’s have as much or more input, when it comes to play calling, as they ever have. There is a LOT that goes into building a game plan during the week. Offensive and defensive coordinators work harder than anyone else on the team when it comes to creating that game plan.

The truth is, none of us at home know who called the play that was just run. Often times the original play is changed prior to the snap of the ball and many play calls today have options built into them that don’t play out until after the ball is snapped. These things happen quickly, in real time, based on the reactions of certain defenders.
 
The Fish Whisperer said:
I don't know, it seems like we have moved away from traditional playing.
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Speakers!?

Foosball lost it's true form when the players started wearing helmets and throwing the forward pass.

MLB starting with a man on second in extra innings must be irritating for you. What do you think of the proposed "golden at bat"?😉

Sports are entertainment. Trying to make them more entertaining for the audience is a good move from a business standpoint. I think the pitch clock was a great idea.
 
Football, I remember a new player would always enter with the play, another would leave, almost every play - quarterbacks never called the entire game, though they do audible all the time.

Baseball, before this year, pitcher shook of the catcher 'til he got the pitch he wanted, best catchers already knew. Now, with pitch-com, many pitchers call their own pitch - call from the dugout is a suggestion, but it is always the pitcher who has the final say.
 
Rules from late 80’s/eary 90’s.

Running plays…Usually two plays within one call.

Call for weak side run but if two defenders outside the tackle box you audible to strong side run via the cadence (numbers game… blockers vs defenders.

If center covered or A gap run trap if uncovered run dive. Or other way around. Can’t remember now. Cadence change

Pass plays.

Single play coverage beaters or also known as Combo pass plays . Receivers run set routes. Splits field in half for QB based on D alignment. Two different route concepts to each half of the field. If D lines up 2 deep throw to C2 concept beater side which usually meant reading corner drop depth. If D lines up in single high or three high throw to C3 beater side. Read SS usually to see if rotate to high or low coverage.

Single receiver route change…. When going for a deep throw. Receiver will run either a post or a go based on coverage.

5 spread receiver type routes. Usually one defender (LB’er) will be left unblocked. Inside receiver and Qb must be aware and watch him… if sniffing at line of scrimmage or he blitzes receiver runs to where he came from (the hole) and qb hits him quickly.

Almost all full pass plays have an alert or hot route built in plus an emergency or safety check down to get out of a loss of yardage play. But. shit happens. Receivers fall down, read wrong coverage and run wrong route, OL misses block, and then there’s the wild card D player who doesn’t know his assignment and isn’t where he should be and blows up the play anyways. The Zone Blitz was a Defensive Reply to the quick hot read throws…. If you remember there was a time DL where getting picks because instead of rushing the passer they dropped back into the area that the LB was blitzing from. He would jump in the hot route lane and have a happy birthday to me moment ….Qb’s can read LB and DB’s in the passing game but now D-Lineman dropping in to coverage off the line of scrimmage … that added a whole new twist.

Now it’s that ROP which has three or more built in plays. Handoff- qb keep- pass all in one play. A quick fast D that lines up unconventionally and can still get to their spots is the best deterrent and makes it a hard read for QB, but not many teams have that type of capability.
 
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