Titans Playbook: Short Yardage Smoke and Mirrors
Let's take a look at a fun and tricky design from Brian Callahan's playbook.
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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