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For years it has been strange to me how often coaches say they are going to play to the strengths of their players, but in reality they just do what they do and blame the player for not executing within the scheme. These guys are PROFESSIONAL coaches and make so much more money than dumb ol' fans. Recently I came across a term that was new to me that helps explain some of it...Chauffeur Knowledge. Alot of the people rising up to the top of the ranks do not have a deep understanding of the schemes they are teaching and WHY they work or don't work. They just know what they've been taught. And without that deep understanding, they are unable to make adjustments. The players eat steak and eggs on Thursday morning at 10am because that's how Bill Walsh did it. But they have no idea WHY Bill Walsh did that or what made it work (and I made that up, by the way). Here is the story of Chauffeur Knowledge: Billionaire magazine tycoon Charlie Munger told a fascinating story about Max Planck, a scientist awarded with a Nobel Prize in physics for his work in the field of quantum mechanics. In 1918, as part of Max’s tour in Germany, he would go to wherever he was invited to and we would give the same lecture over and over again. It came to a point where Max’s chauffeur told him that it must be boring giving the same lecture over and over again. Instead, the chauffeur volunteered himself to give the lecture on Max’s behalf, since the chauffeur had already memorized the lecture by heart. Max enjoyed the idea and actually agreed to it! That night in Munich, the chauffeur got up and gave a long lecture about quantum mechanics with Max sitting down in the front row donning a chauffeur cap alongside a room full of distinguished academics. After that, a physics professor got up and asked a question. The chauffeur then replied saying: “Never would I have thought that someone from such an advanced city as Munich would ask such a simple question! My chauffeur will answer it.” https://adrielfong.medium.com/the-true-story-of-chauffeur-knowledge-bcf081423756

Is there a reason why you are against the colored ones?

Here is what I mean when I say that even when Chark is covered, he can still make the play due to how he handles his business.

I am sure everyone has seen JT O'Sullivan's show on youtube by now. When he covered this particular play for the Lions, he described DJ's route as being so perfect to how a receiver is taught by the coaches that a QB could basically close his eyes and hit him in stride.

I think you nailed it. Something wasn't right about Chark when he got to Detroit. He played the first few games and then the coaching staff shut him down for the next 6 weeks, and only played him 11 snaps in his first game back. He had some issues getting on the same page with Goff but quickly ironed those out. He has a long interview with the St Brown brothers on youtube if anyone is interested. As he eluded to on the show, the fact that he has never been able to rely on a single QB in his entire career is what has led to him being able to get on the same page with new QBs quickly. DJ Chark definitely falls into the category of a guy who just needs to be on the field. His ability to make plays and stress a defense is without question. He has a good feel for the game and isn't just a chunk play specialist. He will do the dirty work if that's what he is tasked with, taking hits over the middle and holding onto the ball. That last part is something that also adds to Chark's game. He doesn't have to beat a guy with speed to make a chunk play downfield. The guy can be stride for stride with DJ and he has a knack for perfectly positioning his body to stack the corner and allow the ball to fall into his hands.

One early red flag was his stint with the Vikings. They traded a 2nd rounder to acquire him. He had 5 sacks in 6 games and they traded him to the Ravens for less than they spent to acquire him. The Ravens were trying to acquire Yannick from the Jags but got outbid by the Vikings. After half of a season of the Yannick experience, neither the Vikings or Ravens wanted anything to do with him. That's when he signed a free agent deal with the Raiders. Here is where it gets interesting. The Jags HC was Gus Bradley when Yannick was drafted. Gus Bradley was the Raiders DC when they signed Yannick in free agency. After a year the Raiders traded Yannick to the Colts. The Colts had just signed Gus Bradley to be their DC. So 3 of his stops involved Gus Bradley. That reminds me of when Pat Shurmur kept extending a lifeline to Sam Bradford. The strange part about Yannick is he doesn't have a high win rate as a pass rusher. A majority of his sacks are coverage sacks, missed assignments and cleanup sacks. But since he is able to string together enough of them each season, fans think he is a good pass rusher and the fact that he is a liability against the run shouldn't matter. I think one fan said it best that Yannick shows up for 15 plays per season and worthless for the other 700 snaps.

Home vs Packers Away vs Lions

Bryce isn't the same guy in interviews that he is on the field.

That's only half of what Sam Bradford made!

I binge watched the entire thing. You are right about Mariota. There isn't a single interesting thing that you are missinig if you skip over his parts. Cousins is a boring person but there were some interesting things that came up during his parts.

There are so many wild panthers in the Charlotte area that it seemed like a natural fit.

I certainly enjoyed it and I applaud the Panthers for not doing as many creative edits as some other teams have been doing with their behind the scenes videos. The were honest about the QB search process rather than pretending it has been destined since birth that Bryce was the guy. And they even threw in the footage of Mingo vs Bergeron. Other teams have been editing out that kind of stuff.

I think its fitting that Reich is able to build the staff he wants with an owner who is willing to buy guys for him if he needs to. Reich was shortchanged out of that in Indy. If you recall he was hired after McDaniels backed out, which made Reich the last HC hired. He took over a team that had a handful of guys who signed up for Josh McDaniels and were not Frank's guys. And being the last HC hired also meant picking from leftovers instead of getting his top choices. He actually ended up with a pretty good surrounding cast. Unfortunately while trying to figure out the QB position he was also dealing with Nick Sirianni poaching his staff followed up by Matt Eberflus poaching his staff. On a side note one of the red flags with Matt Patricia being hired by the Lions was that noone came with him from New England. It either meant they didn't like him (and it turns out he was a flaming douche) or that he always had one foot back in New England and didn't want to piss off Billy B. Every other Patriots guy has taken some coaches with him.

Manscape Field

It was a team effort in the loss, and a team effort for the win. The Chiefs returned a fumble for a touchdown and a punt return was returned down to the 5 yard line. Mahomes ended the game with only 182 yards passing. BUT, he didn't make the critical mistake that Hurts made.

I use to call him "the leagues attack dog." When the NFL needed a certain result of a particular game, Boger delivered. Even if he looked like a complete idiot in the process.

The best backup we've had is Jake Delhomme.

Players who change numbers have to buy out the inventory of their existing number. Adrian Peterson was going to change his number from 28 to 23 as a Viking. The bill was going to be astronomical, so he stayed 28. In Burns statement he said "they are changing my position." Players who change teams are able to change numbers without charge. I am curious what position change Burns was referring to that allowed him to make his jersey change fre or cheap.

Changing numbers could be a sign that he had a fling with a 19 year old hotel employee in Colorado and will need to make a public apology to his wife.

This rule has existed before. Many teams valued the roster spot more than they valued having an emergency QB, so they still carried 2 QBs on the 53 man roster. So the rule died. The 49ers are used as the poster child for why the rule is needed. But the reality is that the 49ers most likely wouldn't have had a 3rd QB on the 53 man roster heading into the game. Maybe I'm wrong.

Who decided to share this footage? LOL

The big stinker about this entire thing is it displaces FOUR teams fans instead of just two. An entire stadium of fans will be scrambling to see how they can change their plans from Sunday to Thursday, while an entire other stadium of fans will be scrambling to see how they can change their plans from Thursday to Sunday. It would almost be better if they didn't have a Thursday Night schedule for the flex weeks. Then only one stadium of fans would be impacted.

I like this change personally. Now I can confidently take a break from the game after every score without having to peak back at the kickoff...and then go back to the commercial break. Knowing that it isn't being returned will save me some effort.

After digging into some of the details, I agree that the article is purposely written to be provocative. One HUGE detail that seems to be missing from the article (or buried somewhere?). The Ruben guy is the CEO of Fanatics sports gear. They are the official retailer of the NFL and run NFLshop.com. The QBs were posted on twitter as "Fanatics Athletes." Fanatics was actually a part of the rookie event. In fact, the event itself was all about marketing, content, branding and business opportunities. https://nflpa.com/partners/posts/nfl-rookies-learn-football-business-connect-with-partners-at-29th-annual-nflpa-rookie-premiere-presented-by-panini-america