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The NFL is a copycat league. It’s a common saying but it is appropriate, especially in today’s game when the technology around the sport and in life allows ideas to be xeroxed, tweaked and modified at a rapid pace.
There aren’t too many outright new ideas in football. Much like the old adage about there being only seven plots, there are only so many ways to draw a line on a whiteboard. There are definitely different colors and angles with which you can draw those lines, though.
I wanted to share a few concepts that I expect to see more of this season and beyond. Whether from college, last season, or something that has started to proliferate this preseason.
More motion … but to block
On offense, there are already a few teams on the forefront of what is rapidly becoming the standard in the NFL. That is an increase in tight end and players in motion who end up becoming blockers on the play. In 2023, we saw an onslaught of motions working outward and rapidly across the formation, creating new formations and blocking angles at the snap of the ball.
One of those offenses, the Dolphins under head coach Mike McDaniel, who weaponized the speed of his wide receivers with fast motion going every direction, was also motioning his tight ends to help with their angles in the run game. That continued this preseason.
the Dolphins are experimenting with every type of motion imaginable, especially with their tight ends.
look at the quick motion by #89 right before the snap of the football to create leverage. Combined with #81 pulling, it ends up making a Counter run concept. pic.twitter.com/sycEfKYVTl
— Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) August 18, 2024
This seems subtle. But what McDaniel and the Dolphins are doing is playing with the reads and keys of the defenders. This is a counter run concept, which typically features two pullers (most commonly a guard and a tight end) and gap blocking from the offensive…
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Publish date : 2024-08-29 19:23:46
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