Originally posted by ritz126:
Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:
Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Originally posted by Aj_hwd954:
Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:
I agree with everything SanDiego49ers said.
This. Wasn't a fan of his takes back in the day, but he's been spot on lately
That's right.
"Trey's got the whole playbook in his head. "He was able to do that in training camp." — Kyle Shanahan
"Doesn't know the playbook." — SanDiego49er
i have no doubt he can learn the playbook he is very smart but i dont think he had the entire playbook down last season our offense was a bit limited in games he was the starter compared to Jimmy
obviously that is expected one is a veteran wiith 3+ years in the system vs a rookie
No.
It's not just learning the playbook. As I pointed out in my quote, Shanahan said he already knew it by training camp.
Let me repeat:
IT'S NOT JUST KNOWING THE PLAYBOOK.
Okay?
Now, HERE'S why the offense was limited:
NFL DEFENSES. Understanding the playbook IS NOT the same thing as understanding NFL defenses. And I don't just mean coverages. I also mean having a feel for the speed of NFL defenses. So, because Trey KNEW THE PLAYBOOK but did NOT know NFL defenses (and in fact had close to zero experience of them, and had likely never seen anything remotely close to NFL defensive schemes in college), Shanahan didn't want to rely on him consistently making the right reads. READING DEFENSES IS NOT UNDERSTANDING THE PLAYBOOK. It's more than that. Knowing the playbook is the same thing as knowing material on an academic test. All it takes is studying. Knowing defenses
requires seeing them in live action.
You'll notice that in the second game, the play-calling was quite different with Trey. And in fact he DID clearly have the base offense. Moreover, that scheme looked more like the 2016 Falcons scheme. This was as much the "base offense" as we've had around here. The reason?
Trey had more experience playing against NFL defenses. It wasn't "knowing the playbook." You can in theory understand everything the offense is supposed to do, but if you can't tell a cover 3 from a cover 6 while you're getting rushed by the defense, it may not be wise to have you running the base offense.
In summary: knowing a playbook is knowing unchanging, precise information. Knowing DEFENSES requires gaining experience, it requires intuition that is only gained BY experience, and it requires learning how defenses disguise coverages. Trey improved on that late in the year. As he did everything else.
But he knew the playbook before the pre-season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
