John Gruden
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Now let him run some routes. and tell the quarterback to throw him the ball or get rid of the ball, but quit taking sacks.
Yeah, there's like a couple guys that I would feel comfortable in the entire NFL being like, yeah, that's like Khalil Shakir. He can run a quick screen. Rasheed Shahid. Rasheed Shahid. He can run a quick screen. It feels like sometimes offensive coordinators are like, oh, we haven't run a wide receiver screen in a while. Let's just do it to do it. And it's like, what the fuck?
Yeah, there's like a couple guys that I would feel comfortable in the entire NFL being like, yeah, that's like Khalil Shakir. He can run a quick screen. Rasheed Shahid. Rasheed Shahid. He can run a quick screen. It feels like sometimes offensive coordinators are like, oh, we haven't run a wide receiver screen in a while. Let's just do it to do it. And it's like, what the fuck?
Yeah, there's like a couple guys that I would feel comfortable in the entire NFL being like, yeah, that's like Khalil Shakir. He can run a quick screen. Rasheed Shahid. Rasheed Shahid. He can run a quick screen. It feels like sometimes offensive coordinators are like, oh, we haven't run a wide receiver screen in a while. Let's just do it to do it. And it's like, what the fuck?
They just always get guys. And you can't run them if your wide receivers aren't committed to blocking. That's the thing that drives me nuts is when you run a quick screen and the wide receiver's not blocking.
They just always get guys. And you can't run them if your wide receivers aren't committed to blocking. That's the thing that drives me nuts is when you run a quick screen and the wide receiver's not blocking.
They just always get guys. And you can't run them if your wide receivers aren't committed to blocking. That's the thing that drives me nuts is when you run a quick screen and the wide receiver's not blocking.
and then you run a fake quick screen and you act like you're blocking and you take off. You know, the playbook has become what you see on Friday night football in high school, you start to see on Saturday. Everybody's clapping their hands, running RPOs, and now you're starting to see that on Sunday. That's why it's a pleasure to watch the Lions. It's a pleasure to watch the Chiefs.
and then you run a fake quick screen and you act like you're blocking and you take off. You know, the playbook has become what you see on Friday night football in high school, you start to see on Saturday. Everybody's clapping their hands, running RPOs, and now you're starting to see that on Sunday. That's why it's a pleasure to watch the Lions. It's a pleasure to watch the Chiefs.
and then you run a fake quick screen and you act like you're blocking and you take off. You know, the playbook has become what you see on Friday night football in high school, you start to see on Saturday. Everybody's clapping their hands, running RPOs, and now you're starting to see that on Sunday. That's why it's a pleasure to watch the Lions. It's a pleasure to watch the Chiefs.
You know, some of these offenses that are really doing it the old-fashioned National Football League way, I think those are the teams you're going to be talking about. here in December.
You know, some of these offenses that are really doing it the old-fashioned National Football League way, I think those are the teams you're going to be talking about. here in December.
You know, some of these offenses that are really doing it the old-fashioned National Football League way, I think those are the teams you're going to be talking about. here in December.
You know, I did get to go there for about a week in training camp. Andy Reid invited me up there, and you're right, man. They got a great coaching staff. I mean, Dave Tobe, the special teams coach, Spagnuolo, they get all the ink because they're the coordinators. I'm talking about the position coaches.
You know, I did get to go there for about a week in training camp. Andy Reid invited me up there, and you're right, man. They got a great coaching staff. I mean, Dave Tobe, the special teams coach, Spagnuolo, they get all the ink because they're the coordinators. I'm talking about the position coaches.
You know, I did get to go there for about a week in training camp. Andy Reid invited me up there, and you're right, man. They got a great coaching staff. I mean, Dave Tobe, the special teams coach, Spagnuolo, they get all the ink because they're the coordinators. I'm talking about the position coaches.
Their drills, their team periods, their competitiveness on the practice field, their organization's phenomenal. They're winning games in their preparation. Fans don't see them on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. They have a contingency plan. If they lose this player, we're going to play like this. If we lose this player, we'll play like this. If the left tackle isn't quite ready, we'll do this.
Their drills, their team periods, their competitiveness on the practice field, their organization's phenomenal. They're winning games in their preparation. Fans don't see them on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. They have a contingency plan. If they lose this player, we're going to play like this. If we lose this player, we'll play like this. If the left tackle isn't quite ready, we'll do this.
Their drills, their team periods, their competitiveness on the practice field, their organization's phenomenal. They're winning games in their preparation. Fans don't see them on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. They have a contingency plan. If they lose this player, we're going to play like this. If we lose this player, we'll play like this. If the left tackle isn't quite ready, we'll do this.
But they do have a well-orchestrated contingency plan. I think they're only getting stronger now. pacheco's coming back on the practice field juju smith schuster's back the last time he played he had over 100 yards against the saints and they're going to get a menahew a very good pass rusher back so i think they're going to get stronger and stronger but