From the Archives: Hall of Famer Mike Singletary Today's podcast is an in season series from 20`8 on which Charlie Coiner, former NFL coach, joined my as a guest host. This week in the Game Plan series, Keith Grabowski and Charlie Coiner have a legendary figure as a guest in former Chicago Bears linebacker and NFL coach Mike Singletary. The Hall of Fame linebacker discusses the middle linebacker position and how playing middle linebacker has evolved against today's modern offenses. Singletary gives a real vivid explanation on what he coaches up at the position. He also gives insight on what makes him successful and what can make the young players successful going forward. 01:04 Mike Singletary intro 05:15 What are your eyes looking at as a middle linebacker? 06:10 Guard - center - guard read 08:25 Adapting to pistol and shotgun 11:20 Effect of hiding the ball in play action 12:50 Coaching up against the RPO 13:05 What do they normally do? 15:10 Important to have the philosophy of the offensive coordinator 16:55 Advice to a young linebacker or coach 18:12 Study the film 20:30 Important to develop an identity 21:20 What is my personnel? 22:40 Endzone copy of film 24:15 Coach Singletary’s pop steps 26:00 Coach Singletary's in game technique scenario 29:55 Coach Singletary being a student of the game 30:53 Having players in a system 32:32 Coach Singletary's unique situation 34:02 It’s a thinking man’s game 35:00 Every offensive play or player tells a story 36:05 First Down Playbook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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