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Tbf, most die hard football fans don’t understand this stuff. This video is more or less for players than fans. But it’s super fun to watch and play along with. I would definitely love to see you guys getting into simple play calling and defensive schemes, maybe not quite on this level though 😂

When you study all night for a test for the wrong class.

You guys are doing good with picking it up; it takes a lot of time. Just remember, these people have grown up since a kid watching and playing football and they still learn something new all the time. To get as far as you have the past year never playing it, or watching it your whole life is better than most. Keep up the good work, enjoying all your video's.

“What’s a skinny fiddle? “ might be the most British thing I’ve ever heard!! 🤣🤣🤣🇬🇧🇺🇸🏈

These are fun to watch! Some oversimplified takeaways: one can often tell what kind of defense is to be played pre-snap although the defense can try to disguise it. Quarterbacks can not keep track of every player and movement on the field so it's simplified into "keys" (focuses) and "progressions" (decision steps). Just before the ball is snapped you must make your final judgment based on the defense setup and play-call to the first watch this player, if they do one thing then you throw here, if not then look at this player, and so forth.

LOL! This is why we love the sport. As much as it is a brutally physical game, the mental game is just as brutal!

The routes Fly route - Straight down the field fast as you can go Flag route - Straight down the field andtoward the flag at the goal line Post route - Down the field a short distance then run toward the goal post Dig - Down field and then an abrupt 45 degree angle crossing the linebackers Button hook - Down field, then an abrupt turn back toward the QB Whip - Down field, quick turn in and a quick turn out toward the sideline Fade - Back corner of the end zone Offensive Formations - T Formation - Full back field directly behind the QB and two half backs on each side of the full back. this was the oldest original formation in football. Ususally had two tight ends. Delawre T - QB and FB in astright line behind one another with the two half backs lining up outside and just behind the tackle. One half back goes in motion before teh snap of the ball toward the QB to provide deception and an additional potential RB at the snap. I Formation - QB, FB, and Tailback are in a straight line behind each other. Used on running plays with a fast elusive tailback. Power I formation - Like the I, but with an extra half back beside the fullback for power running to one side. Wishbone - FB behind the QB, half backs on each side of the FB lie a T formation but a couple of yards back like the wishbone of a turkey. Empty Set - no running back in the backfield Wildcat - Single back or empty set wit lots of motion across the field just before the snap. Trips (short for triple) means three receivers on one side (can be invarious configurations). Twins means two receivers on one side lined up closely together. Slot means there is an outside receiver and a second receiver in the gap between that receiver and teh line of scrimmage. Two (double) tight - Two tight ends (usually for a designed running play that requirs extra blocking) Over balanced line - A line of scrimmage with an extra guard or tackle on one side taken from the other side of the line to assist in power blocking on a running play. Trap play - Less a fomratoin than a movement. A trap play is what it sounds like. When a defense is lined up in such a way that linemen can't get a proper angle on a defensive lineman, an offensive lineman will block a player closer to the ball and let his defensive player through while a guard or tackle from the other side of the line will pull to the first side and using the angle block the defender out of teh way of a running back. Timing is everything on this. Play Action Pass - A pass play desinged to look like a run. Draw play - A running play desinged to look like a pass. Each team has its own names for each of these plays and formations in code so the other team cannot anticipate the play by its name.

learning this takes hundreds of hours of watching football and learning concepts. you guys are improving quite well! most fans do not understand concepts and just watch for fun so i would say that you know more than the average fan. of course those of us who have played at the high school level and up know more because we were forced to learn these things but you are doing amazing. keep it up

Two of the more learned guys who's QB training videos you may want to check out: Mike Pawlawski and J.T. O'Sullivan.

this was seriously impressive. it felt like you guys were just kind of saying whatever came to mind but you guys actually were right in a lot of your observations. much

I can’t imagine why we’d ask where the learning videos are lol. You guys are like me trying to understand a British comedy show 🤣

I have been watching football for 43 years and I still learned from this video.

I think the appeal of football is that one never knows everything about the game and we learn more every year. Plus, new concepts are developed all the time.

Got everything except the smash concept. But was a tough quiz, gives you more appreciation for how hard it is to play QB

11:26 the corner would be expecting to pass off the receiver to the deep safety in that coverage, so if the safety bites on the dig, the post becomes a pretty easy throw. These reactions are awesome btw!

I played my entire childhood until 19 years old. I played O-line and D-line. I will never understand this stuff. Love the content, guys. 😊❤

These are the type of vids that will really help you learn about football. Keep these coming

Good job, lads. I appreciate the effort. You'd be surprised how many football fans ars clueless about this stuff. Even though they act like experts. I played and coached defense for over a decade, and i dont know everything. hard for me. Also, you were thinking of a name to give this segment. Try "X's and O's with us Average Joe's"

This is great lol So, I'm actually impressed with you 2. I played for 10 years, ending my career at the collegiate level. To make you feel better, there are NFL players still learnign some of this. Depending on the system you play in, some concepts can change a million times over depending upon to most most misiscule detail. Down, distance, weather, stadium, strengths and weakness of an offense or defense, health of the players etc. Quarterbacks are some of the smartest athletes on the planet when it comes to the complexity of the game and making reads.

Love these guys n their content keep it up guys

This was amazing. Thank you.

This one had me dying 🤣🤣🤣 skinny fiddle

I don't play football just a big fan. I especially love watching and studying the QB position. I was able to get them all right

ive been watching football for 60 years and i didnt understand a word he said , lol .

Keep in mind that this is showing the field much more clearly than what the QB sees because he is looking through all of those bodies along the line of scrimmage

I played football for seven years, and these were not easy questions. Especially the first two. A "post route" is when the WR lines up out as far as possible and he runs straight, then cuts on an angle and runs toward the goalpost. A "skinny post" is when the WR cuts towards the goalpost but stays outside the hash marks. We used to call a "whip route" a button hook because you would stop running and turn your body towards the QB, then you would run either towards the hashmark or sideline. You guys should look up a receiver "route tree." It might be helpful.

The playlist should be called Football McLearnyList

Fascinating! You two 'students' are progressing. Honolulu Blue & Silver, onepride.

Nick Random sent me. Film room, chalkboard or Xs and Os are all terms synonymous with football strategy, analysis and breakdowns. Maybe something along those lines. DNXO? lol

On the second play when you looked over at your buddy after hearing high-low or low-high and made that motion with your hand/hands and your WTF-is-going-on-face I almost peed myself laughing. When in doubt, just don't take the sack in a key down and distance.

You were right later. Nickle is a package not a coverage. You remove a linebacker and replace him with a defensive back. The coverages are the same but the player is better suited physically for coverage.

Nick nailed the concept of a read option on that last clip. You been playing Madden video games or something?

that was fantastic... is there somthing like this for premier league football plays and tactics? great reaction, i love your channel

first down training is a great channel to watch

You need to name it something like "The Huddle"

This is far more advanced than the vast majority of fans would understand. It's specifically for people that play quarterback. I'm pretty sure I'm more knowledgeable than most fans but I wouldn't have a clue how to identify coverages based on pre-snap alignments. I know what all the terminology means, but knowing how to actually dissect it on the fly isn't really relevant to most people.

if you play madden enough you pick up on this stuff including reading the defense

Hahaha, this is a very high level quiz

15:20. What is happening is the qb is unsure of the coverage. So he keys on a defender. Its a bit of an educated guess. You look at what would the two defenders would normally do in man or zone. In zone, at the snap, nickel guy would sit on goal line and CB would back up to goal line to both cover their zones. In man the CB will follow closely the slant or short route and nickel will somewhat wait for his man then follow closely. So the CB moves in completely different directions at the snap while the nickel stays somewhat stationary for a moment. That is why you key on the corner.he will instantly tell you man or zone. And the play is designed so only slant is open in zone and corner is open in man. And QB must read it correctly then make the correct throw.....QB is hard. Lol

You guys really do understand football better than the average fan. Well done!

You don't have to pick a favorite sport. UK football is a different animal with a different set of skills and sensibility--more like basketball and hockey--with give and go plays, back-doors, etc. US football is I think unique with its mix of speed, power, collision, grace, but also hugely complex strategy. Don't be disappointed if you can't see it before it happens--it takes QBs years sometimes to get competent and they have time to go through lower levels of complexity as they learn--grade school, high school, college then pro. And then of course each position has its own knowledge base that it needs to master.

Now to get an idea of what a QB has to go through, do this same thing with hundreds of different plays and over 1000 different scenarios. It's the reason that the best QBs like Brady are doing tens of hours of tape study per week to be prepared for every scenario on every different play.

I love EVERYTHING about this. It's got even my old football brain working like it's 20 years ago all over again. Remember how I once told you guys that the cornerbacks' eyes were among the most important things to notice at any given time on any given play? Probably not, but I love that this dude is confirming. Being a CB was absolutely brutal for that reason among many others. Just another example of us dumb Americans making up dumb soft sports where everyone needs pads and just runs into each other before taking needless breaks amirite 😂

On any given pass play, your quarterback has a progression to go through. You don't make the Quarterback look back and forth like in a schoolyard game, the play is usually designed to go to someone specific. If that primary receiver isn't open, a well designed play will let the QB scan gradually across the field, and see his secondary options (or throw it away, depending on the design). When you want to help a young QB, you'll often have him roll out, and only let him look at that side of the field to make things simpler. You put one receiver short, another at medium depth, and another one deep, hoping the defense doesn't have enough people there to cover them all. You try to put all three receivers in the QBs field of vision, so he doesn't have to look around, he just has to choose the one that's open. When they say high-low, that means you're hoping to hit the deep receiver first. If he's covered, the medium depth. If those are covered, the short one. Low-high means you planned a short play, but if the defense reacts to the short pattern, you have someone lurking over the top.

I’d love to see you guys play baseball or American football for a video. Especially baseball

Nick Random sent me

As fans, you really don't need to know this stuff to enjoy a game. But it is fun if you're into it.

This make me want to watch you react to Jon Gruden's QB camps

I didn’t really start getting into football until recently. Man it is so much more complex than I ever thought.

A post route is a moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field at a 35-45-degree angle. A skinny post would be where you angle in 10-20 degrees. A "slant" is just a short post - basically go 5 yards and then angle towards the safety. A "go" route is where the receiver runs straight down the field, a "fade" is almost the same thing but the receiver drifts to the sideline. The "In" or "dig" has the receiver make a sharp 90 degree cut, towards the middle of the field, after a specific distance, like 5 or 10 yards. A sharp precise cut helps the receiver get open. "Curl" and "out" routs are generally timing based where the QB reads the coverage and is making the pass right right before the WR is making his cut. Basically the WR turns around and looks for the ball.

The easiest way to learn the game is to start with defense. Once you understand coverages then understanding qb decision making is easy. The hard part of football is inside the trenches. That’s where the real chaos is.

Nobody likes to be caught out not knowing something, but don't look at this as a quiz - look at it as an opportunity to learn. Like others have said - the majority of viewers know little to none of this stuff. Everybody here appreciates the effort, and the evolution of your understanding of the game.

The average football fan doesn't know this stuff either.

Tbh I thought you guys did great. I consider myself a normal fan. I really don't focus on the reads. What I like are the routes the WR run or how the defense reacts to make a play. I think I know enough to enjoy the game and thats good enough. If I go any more advanced than that it'd just give me a headache lol.

Y’all should check out highlights from this NBA season

On the first one, there is not enough information pre snap to know its cover-2. It could easily be cover-1. It could also be cover-3. This is a gross oversimplification.

If you guys like chess try to think of the field as a chess board and the coverages as different openings people play

This was NOT a fair test for you guys. This is definitely something most fans don't know.

How about "NFL Curriculum (or Briticulum)".

I would recommend playing some madden football games on PC, Playstation or Xbox. By actually playing the game which you seem to enjoy one learns more about it.

You guys should check out madden 24 videos if you want more in-depth knowledge of coverages, plays, etc.

Love you guys! No other American football reactors have ever done the full "Acapulco Cliff Dive" into the nitty-gritty details quite like the both of you. (1m video) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbmoirV5ut2thmg.html I grew up with football. Played in school. Watched on TV. Played the video games. I'm 50 years old following, watching, and loving this shite forever, and I would not dare to take this challenge outside of a bar with my close friends. Here you are. Diving headfirst off the "cliffs of insanity" and making it a joy to watch. THANK YOU. Please like, follow, and subscribe folks. What are you waiting for?

Well done guys - I've been watching the NFL for decades and still don't fully grasp all of this. Listen, I know it's not baseball season, but this Jomboy reaction is absolutely brilliant - a lip-reading masterclass! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/erJ6gs6kyrzDgWw.html

QB quiz You just got paid a $200,000 bonus for winning the championship. What do you do with the money? a) buy a Ferrari. b) spend it all on coke and whores in Vegas. c) buy 3 matching bass boats complete with color coordinated motors. d) invest it all in a safe, long term investment.

First one 🥇

Keep playing madden. You’ll learn more about how to react than any other way

You literally don't need to know any of these

Nick Random sent me

Nick Random sent me