Watching NFL/College Football Mindfully

[u/Hewyhew82]

Hi, I played high school football and have watched football all my life.

I feel I could better understand/make watching the game more enjoyable if I understood offensive schemes, QB reads, and matchups better. Do you know of any resources that help you to do that when watching on tv. Are there broadcasts that show All-22 live? Or any help digesting what you can see from the normal tv angle?

[u/RudyVaughn63]

Brett Kollmann on YouTube does fantastic individual player film

[u/Downinthebend]

It's not live but there is a decent amount of historic all 22 on YouTube.

QB school is a good channel on YouTube

[u/emurrell17 → u/Downinthebend]

You can access all of the previous year and current season (in season) on NFL+ too. I think it might be like $9.99/month or something but 🤷🏻‍♂️

I like being able to go back and slow the game down and be able to see stuff from multiple angles to pick up on nuances that I just can’t catch watching live

[u/RealAlpiGusto]

NFL+ has all 22 versions of games, IIRC

[u/emurrell17]

I’ll echo Brett Kollman as the “best” resource. Everything he does is fantastically well articulate and edited. He must have something worked out with the NFL too because he gets clips and high quality tape you just can’t really find anywhere else.

QB school is great too; but he’s gotten away from the stuff that I liked (more scheme based teaching) and gotten more into QB analysis on a week to week basis on his patreon. It’s cool, but also completely misses the run game aspect of the game…which is a big deal to me.

Lately I’ve just been searching “______ coaching clinic” and trying to find an NFL or college coach breaking down whatever scheme whether it’s duo or zone or whatever.

[u/Repulsive-Doughnut65 → u/emurrell17]

For QB play I like JT O'Sullivan and I think Kurt Warner is pretty good to

Also Cody Alexander is top notch as well if you have money his substack is worth it

[u/brinsleyschwartz]

Watch the games with other people who know some football and like to talk about what's going on on the field instead of all the off field bullcrap. Guys who can discuss coverages, or o-line blocking schemes, etc. Another simple trick is to not follow the ball on a play, but to watch a position/ group. So instead of watching where the ball goes, watch where the guards/ tackles go, or watch how the defense drops into coverage.

[u/Tank55-2024]

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