@@harpoon_bakery162 Just wanted to let you know that I meant the Tennesse Titans in case you were confused. But anyway in 2022 the Titans and Broncos led the NFL with 23 players on Injured reserve
Would love a breakdown of the bengals an Lou anarumo’s defense an the success they’ve had the last two seasons . One of my favorite units to watch an study Lou deserves much more attention as well!
Great video, you explained the concept of creepers/simulated and why they work. The explanation of pass protection is amazing, I always learn something watching your videos.
Defense has been underrated for some time ! Love the vrabel recognition such a fun unit stout front ! pocket crushers versatile backend an personnel such a sound disciplined unit ‘21 season was a bit rough but made it hard on chiefs last year & many other top offenses of the last 3 to 4 years for those that have paid attention
Thanks Stfg, they are so fricken fun to watch! They've been running a ton of creepers for a few years now, and it's always given them a little leg up on things
I suspect offenses will answer by altering their offensive line's blocking rules so that they're less likely to get caught in bad leverage. Probably some more RB check and release style stuff too. Easier to say it than do it, but same holds true for executing creeper.
Wow, great video, first time I've heard of the concept. On a side note, anyone who still believes the way to win a SB today is defense and a running game, the Titans spent years pushing that concept to the limit and have plateaued. Drafting Levis is their realization that they were wrong. If they continue to protect their QB by limiting the passing offense to limit mistakes, the passing offense will never develop, and they will continue to be predictable.
I love this creeper concept so much. I ran it on NCAA 14 dynasties and various Madden franchises. Sprinkle in some double A gap pressure looks and suddenly your vanilla defense is spicy
@@AlexRollinsNFL Lol kind of! You could audible a D-lineman into a shallow zone and quickly send the player he is replacing in coverage on a blitz call
Isn't this just a variation of the NE amoeba d, you need an athletic lb who can drop back and cover and make tackles. Not every team has that linebacker. Not even NE the last few years (until we got Mapu).
It really depends what coaching staff you talk to, but they're practically synonymous. Some coaches see simulated pressures as a plays where you show pressure and then bring pressure and creepers where you DON'T show pressure then bring it, but it really depends on who you talk to. I just refer to them overall as creepers
@@ahuman8657 idk man, clear improvement in his sophomore season, division win and (admittedly fluky) playoff win at the age of 23 and the team is getting better around him too. More development+lackluster competition to me=division leader. You’d have a tough time convincing anyone who watches football that he’s not the best qb in the division, and historically speaking that lends itself very well to earning playoff berths. 🤷
Wait: you watched _EVERY_ one of these plays from last year? How much $ _IS there_ in making these? Seriously though, as someone who wanted to see the Bears get more on-field talent so we could all see what good Fields is, now I'm worried that after drafting what could be a top-5 secondary, the _Lions_ will learn this & shut down the Bears completely. The Bears got more RB help than WR if you really think about it & should be trying to stretch the field in ways they couldn't last season. But this looks like something that can stop things before they develop & _that_ would be deadly for any team to have. Just because remaining cool in the pocket _can_ beat this, that beats everything anyway. You didn't _really show_ any weakness that could be used to argue against using it. One wonders if that were intentional.
I've been doing this full time for about 4 years now! I'm still worried about the Bears, I think Fields would have showed us a lot more through the passing game if he was that guy, but it muddies the eval when the talent is inferior fersure
@@AlexRollinsNFL One thing I've been able to do since I was a kid that most adults never learn to do is Reserve Judgment. It seems (according to observations & readings in social psychology) that having mental files marked 'Unknown' makes most people Highly Uncomfortable. I'm not most people. I don't even see the _point_ of filling up mental files *until* there's a known. So we're going to get to see Fields this year with _plenty_ of talent. Also, there's something you may have already seen as I copy & paste it a lot, but it's consistent; Do you know at what age men can shut out the panicky inner voice that screams about those Huge Linemen coming after you is? Somewhere around one's 23rd birthday. Peyton Manning is a great example. His rookie season sucked, but at some point (around game 10 I think) he starts playing like the HOFer we all know & never looked back. He was born in March & without any changes in routine, play-calling, on-field talent or coaching, he just suddenly could focus better. Fields turned 23, but after being thrust into being a starter at 22. He _may have_ developed some bad habits & we do have footage of him missing reads & open receivers. But this will be the *first time* we see him with enough talent that we'll know if it's him or not. So there's no reason to use the past against him at this point. He'll show us. & even then, if the Bears can, they may help him unlearn those like Pederson did with Lawrence. Simply removing Urban Meyer isn't enough. Bad habits literally are the mind trying to cope with too much pressure. It reacts like emotional trauma & shunts the experience into a different part of the brain which then holds onto it because it couldn't get rid of it. We saw this with Zach Wilson pretty much literally running the exact same routs he ran at The Combine during games. 100% reaction, no thinking involved. Will Fields keep missing reads out of habit, or was it only ever the circumstance? Early this season, it didn't seem like it was a habit yet. But a whole season without that changing could have instilled a feeling of "this will never end"/learned helplessness of the kind that creates exactly this kind of repetitive self-destructive behavior. Boring, eh? I've had some experience coaching. Kids are afraid to fail. The older they get, the harder it is to talk them out of telling themselves that they will. Anyhow, if I haven't lost you already, being that I'm analytical, I should thank you. Your video on the Ravens' offense (à la Greg Roman) was one of the first things that rekindled my interest in NFL football after a 7 or 8 year hiatus. Tom Brady & the Patriots getting away with cheating is what turned me off. Between you & the analytical/entertaining recap channels as well as NFL channels that now give 6 to 8 minute quarter recaps, I can see enough to figure out a lot myself, & you & some others like you fill out the rest. But deeper analyses like the ones you do show me WAY more than I can spot on my own. So, honestly, thanks as my mind needs more than Futoshiki puzzles to keep it occupied. 😉 (Cripes, there are _NOT_ a lot of good, appropriate emojis for this).
Titans do have great talent in the right spots on defense along with their very well intentioned defensive weekly gameplans. Even that loss against the Eagles in the regular season was good game planning and execution at least in the first half. Hurts and the Eagles just delivered an even better counter punch.
