The Rams are continuing to rebuild the roster in the second year of coach Jeff Fisher and GM Les Snead’s new regime. They’re in a difficult division, though, and will have to square off against two of the best teams in the NFL four times in total, as well as a Cardinals team that seems […]
Category: Coaching Analysis
Nnamdi Asomugha: Comeback Year or a Preseason Cut?
Back in early April, the 49ers signed former shutdown corner Nnamdi Asomugha to a 1-year, 1.3 million dollar contract. Nnamdi had a brutal two years trying to fit into the Eagles scheme. He is two years older than when he left Oakland and is very much not the cornerback he was in 2008. At age […]
Defending the Zone Read Option
Needle here. I thought it was only appropriate that for a blog called Zone Reads, I write an analysis of the Zone Read play, and how teams use it and defend against it. So I’ve finally gotten to spend some time sitting back and enjoying the spectacle that was Robert Griffin III of 2012. After […]
Welcome to the blog; sample some of our work
Welcome to Zone Reads. So named because the zone read is coming back in style, and also, it’s a blog, so… reading. We’re going to start churning out regular content here this offseason, but I thought we’d start by sharing some of our most recent work with you. Toward the end of the season I […]
A Prime Example of Gary Kubiak Football
The Texans lost to the Saints today 40-33 in a game they certainly could have won if they made more of an effort to score points. As a Texans observer, I’ve been vocal that the team will not make significant improvements as long as Gary Kubiak is head coach. Some decisions in the first half […]
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