Matt LaFleur Talking Offense on 104.5

[big2033]

Credit to Tom Gower doing all the work on this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TheChosenTitan]

Good stuff 

[Mythos27]

Interesting tidbit about getting Corey to open up his stride. His stride length has always looked short to me for such a tall guy. That short stride helps him get in and out of breaks quicker though so it'll be Interesting how this affects him.

[Huston]

You learn that in track, shouldn't be that hard for him to pickup. Thats one of the reasons Adoree doesn't look like he is moving as fast as he is.

[Huston]

 

NFL1000: Ranking the Best Offensive Schemes

Doug FarrarJuly 5, 2017

 

1. Kyle Shanahan's Pre-Snap Passing

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Kyle Shanahan's Atlanta Falcons offense was the NFL's most effective through just about the entire 2016 NFL season (minus two quarters or so of Super Bowl action, of course), and there are multiple aspects of that offense Shanahan will take to the Bay Area as he gets ready for his first head coach position with the 49ers.

Shanahan prefers a mobile quarterback, or at least a quarterback who can run play-action and then roll out. It took a while for Matt Ryan to align with Shanahan's "boot-action" concepts, but when he did, there was an entirely new dimension to his game. Shanahan prefers inside and outside zone blocking, though his blockers will run man-on-man gap schemes at times, and he will send receivers to all levels of the field.

However, when I watched the Falcons take the NFC by storm in 2016—and the New England Patriots by storm for three-and-a-half quarters of the Super Bowl—it became clear to me that Atlanta's pre-snap movement was the most diverse in the league and unquestionably the most effective.

Many teams use motion to help the quarterback discern whether a defense is playing man or zone, and some teams are especially good as using motion to gain positional advantages (Dolphins head coach Adam Gase, also profiled in this piece, is an excellent example). But under Shanahan's watch, pre-snap motion becomes a crazy quilt in which any skill position player can start anywhere and move anywhere else.

The motion concepts were simpler in 2015, Shanahan's first year with the team. They were generally about moving a tight end or receiver from one end of the formation to the other. In 2016, when his players had a season to comprehend everything, Shanahan opened up the playbook.

Running backs Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman might start in the backfield together and each move into the receiver group—perhaps one in the slot and one outside. A Shanahan staple was to take fullback Patrick DiMarco and move him from the backfield to the outside receiver formation—something fullbacks don't generally do. But DiMarco caught seven passes for 52 yards in the regular season and three more for 43 yards in the playoffs, and he never carried the ball. He was a blocker and receiver, and that was that.

Tight end motion is also a big thing in a Shanahan offense—not only to reveal a defense's coverage plan by showing how defenders move with motion or don't, but also to group the tight end with other receivers in Atlanta's Levels (multiple receivers to different levels on one side of the field) and Flood (multiple receivers to a defined area) plays.

With all this motion going on, and since Shanahan refused to let his offense ever be defined as static, running lanes would open for Freeman and Coleman precisely because defenses were set on their heels by the changes in pre-snap formation and the subsequent expansion of the passing game.

Shanahan won't have the same level of talent to work with in San Francisco—he's in charge of a team that's rebuilding on all levels. But once his new roster gets the hang of his pre-snap ideas, don't be surprised if those players achieve unexpected gains.

[Huston]

Just listened to the interview and Lafluer seems to be really knowledgeable about the Titans offensive players already.

[japan]

38 minutes ago, Huston said:

Just listened to the interview and Lafluer seems to be really knowledgeable about the Titans offensive players already.

He better be...

[OILERMAN]

He said the Rams looked at Davis and Taylor in the draft process as well 

[TheBukafax]

So funny how run and pass plays coming equally from the same formation is linked to Shanny when it should be linked to every god damn coach lmfao. Basic game theory.

[OILERMAN]

14 minutes ago, TheBukafax said:

So funny how run and pass plays coming equally from the same formation is linked to Shanny when it should be linked to every god damn coach lmfao. Basic game theory.

I'm sure they all do.

 

I just think the Shanahan thought is to pound this strategy where a lot of team have a running game then spread it out and throw it more on passing downs 

[Nash]

It seems there was quite a tell in the past to our offensive alignments and movements... having watched some film, the most representative Shannahan play appears to be the o-line beginning w a slant to the right, followed by either a handoff to the back who does a one cut run through gaps or a rollout and pass by the qb..

Edited May 11, 2018 by Nash

[oldschool]

4 hours ago, TheBukafax said:

So funny how run and pass plays coming equally from the same formation is linked to Shanny when it should be linked to every god damn coach lmfao. Basic game theory.

You would hope but its not the case. 

[Huston]

He also said the Henry and Lewis were both natural pass catchers but they had different running styles he was also surprised how fast Henry is.

[japan]

I think Henry can catch the ball.  He's just awkward doing it.

[heyitsmeallen]

Nice work @NewsToTom