[MENTION=592]UMFarArcher[/MENTION], Yes. DC's look for tendencies in every offense. Good ones go back 3-4 weeks. More thorough DC's go as far back as the whole season and further than that based on the familiarity with the staff of the opponent. They don't just look at the plays run on game film. The detail oriented DC's look for how technically and fundamentally sound an offense is on any given play and then they form a game plan to exploit those weaknesses. It applies to both the running and passing game.
Think of three card monte. The DC may find that a particular OL really don't understand defensive fronts even though that teams go to play may have had success in prior games, so they will play a game called pick the "fool" and put a man in all three areas a particular lineman should be reading pre-snap and then in a split second before the snap back out of it because the lineman is more likely to guess wrong. All the while, the DC saw on film inconsistency when that player attempted to block on a particular play, therefore the DC exploited that weakness by overloading that players mind. That players "talent" was just nullified by his own "football IQ".
This is a sign of confusion within the team and its philosophy. The challenge for a Coach is to break bad habits. You know guys sloppy play, going through the motions, dogging it, loafing, slacking and grab azzing all the little things that good coaches gets on his team and individual players about. So the coach has to find balance in his approach to discipline, so that the player does not become the "yeah coach" "got it coach" "my bad" guy; knowing **** well he's still confused about what he should be doing on a particular play.
Think of three card monte. The DC may find that a particular OL really don't understand defensive fronts even though that teams go to play may have had success in prior games, so they will play a game called pick the "fool" and put a man in all three areas a particular lineman should be reading pre-snap and then in a split second before the snap back out of it because the lineman is more likely to guess wrong. All the while, the DC saw on film inconsistency when that player attempted to block on a particular play, therefore the DC exploited that weakness by overloading that players mind. That players "talent" was just nullified by his own "football IQ".
This is a sign of confusion within the team and its philosophy. The challenge for a Coach is to break bad habits. You know guys sloppy play, going through the motions, dogging it, loafing, slacking and grab azzing all the little things that good coaches gets on his team and individual players about. So the coach has to find balance in his approach to discipline, so that the player does not become the "yeah coach" "got it coach" "my bad" guy; knowing **** well he's still confused about what he should be doing on a particular play.
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