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Titans Playbook: Short Yardage Smoke and Mirrors

Titans Playbook: Short Yardage Smoke and Mirrors

Let's take a look at a fun and tricky design from Brian Callahan's playbook.

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Stoney Keeley
Jun 27, 2025
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Titans Playbook: Short Yardage Smoke and Mirrors
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So far this summer, I’ve been working on charting and studying each of the big plays that the Tennessee Titans hit on offense a season ago. I’m defining such plays as plays that generate 20 or more yards. It’s been fun, and I plan to do a big write-up later this summer on my findings once I’ve completed the film study aspect of it.

But, I encountered this short yardage (3rd & 1) play early on and thought I’d do a solo post breaking it down as a sort of preview of this project. There’s a fun aspect to it in that it wasn’t really designed to be a big play, but things broke down, and it ended up being a big play. That’s the beauty of this game, baby. It’s almost poetic how the most successful plays can be born out of things devolving into utter chaos. Take a look at this formation:

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