One of the interesting questions of the early part of this season is “What is the problem with Cam Newton?” Cam is in his third season and is undoubtedly struggling. His bulk numbers are not good so far this season: Attempts: 127 Completion%: 57.5 Interceptions: 5 Interception%: 3.9 Yards/Attempt: 7.0 ANY/A: 4.67 Sack%: 10.6 All […]
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DeMarcus Ware: Transition from OLB to 4-3 DE
Monte Kiffin was hired by the Cowboys to be their Defensive Coordinator despite some red flags: He was 73 years old, and he’d been unimpressive at his last two stops at the University of Tennessee and University of Southern California. (To be fair, head coach Lane Kiffin was probably a much bigger cause of those […]
Indianapolis Colts: Protecting Andrew Luck
In April 2012, the Colts drafted Andrew Luck and, in doing so, found another elite level franchise quarterback. By January 2013, it became clear that the Colts needed to find a way to protect that asset. In the 2012 season, the Colts offensive line gave up 112 quarterback hits, 21 more than any other offensive […]
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 […]
Manti Te’o: Post-Alabama
Earlier, I broke down a few plays that showed the weaknesses in Manti Te’o’s game before the Alabama game. Today, we look at how similar plays played out against Alabama in the National Championship Game. Here’s the Alabama tape:
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 […]
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