Mike Shanahan: deciphering his own handwriting. DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP/Press Association Images
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This is what an NFL playbook looks like
Ever wanted to know just what’s in one of those hefty playbooks NFL coaches are always lugging around? Diagrams a quantum physicist would struggle to decipher, is what.
About 300 pages long, it’s a one-volume tribute to the strategic depth and complexity of the modern NFL.
You mightn’t be able to understand most of what’s going on– scrams, O-lines, sketches reminiscent of those molecular diagrams you used to draw in Chemistry– but that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to appreciate it.
Having a flick through our slideshow will also guarantee that you never look at NFL players the same way again. They’re still jocks, alright, but more out of choice than necessity. As Redskins offensive coordinator Al Saunders put it:
“The intellectual ability of a player is only a fraction of what will ultimately determine his success, but it is a part of it.”
This is what an NFL playbook looks like
ESPN’S ELIZABETH MERRILL has managed to get her hands on an Arizona Cardinals playbook from the 2004 season.
About 300 pages long, it’s a one-volume tribute to the strategic depth and complexity of the modern NFL.
You mightn’t be able to understand most of what’s going on– scrams, O-lines, sketches reminiscent of those molecular diagrams you used to draw in Chemistry– but that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to appreciate it.
Having a flick through our slideshow will also guarantee that you never look at NFL players the same way again. They’re still jocks, alright, but more out of choice than necessity. As Redskins offensive coordinator Al Saunders put it:
– additonal reporting from Business Insider
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