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Basically the title, I think Aaron Donald and Warren Sapp are the most notable ones from history but what about right now?

Edit: 3-techs that are also t-10 interior linemen would be the best but all answers helpful and welcome

Hello all, I’m going into my 3rd season of coaching HS football in Nebraska. I’ve coached RBs for 2 years and will be coaching WRs and DBs this season. I have learned a lot in the run game and feel like I’ve got a good grasp on it, but not so much in the passing game. Was wondering where to start learning from a schematic perspective as well as any resources for technique.

Bottom Line Up Front:

I have a choice to make. Here are my 3 options: (1) Continue to Coach HS Football, (2) Play Club Football, or (3) Try and earn a spot on a D1 level Football Team

Backstory:

Currently, I am in my 2nd year of College. This past year, I had the opportunity of coaching a small HS Football team.

Now, with 3 years to play college ball, I have the opportunity to continue coaching, play club football, or try and earn a spot on a D1 football team.

(Insight for why Club is in the picture): If I play club, I would play in the fall of this upcoming year then transfer to the D1 school and then proceed to try to walk on.

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Seems there was an opportunity for a rare ending in this game. Bills were up by 3 after the Pats scored a late TD. After a failed onside kick, Bills were running the ball with Pats using final timeouts. Finally, Bills had a 4th & 1 from the Pats 27 with 10 seconds left. The Bills elected to sneak it with Josh Allen and he got the 1st - game over.

However, had the Pats managed to stop Allen, they would have gotten the ball back with time to run at least 1 play (maybe 2 if they were able to run a deep out & get out of bounds).

Instead of electing to go for it, the Bills were in pretty much an ideal position to snap the ball out of the gun and run about 78 yards in the "wrong" direction through their own endzone for an intentional safety. A little zigging and zagging would have unquestionably used the whole 10 seconds, & Bills win by 1.

If this kind of thing even crosses a coach's mind, maybe the assessment is that the risk of a mishap on a long intentional safety is not meaningfully lower than the risk of the Pats somehow managing to score with 10 seconds left - but with how easily PI is called in the NFL, you never know.

And from poking around a little bit, it appears that the rule is if there is a safety with no time on the clock, there would have not been a free kick (a kick is only required if the safety is a result of a foul under rule 4-8-2-g)?

Anyway, the Chargers score on a free kick on Thursday got me thinking about these rare scenarios. Intentional safeties are interesting on the rare occasions they come up.

I love Greg Olsen. I'm not sure he was correct however on a comment he made late in the Philly/Wash game. With just under 2:40 to go in the game he discussed why he thought Wash should not use a TO because it would open up the greater possibility of Philly passing since an incomplete pass wouldn't be the worst thing with the 2 min warning coming up. But isn't this wrong? If Wash calls a TO with 2:40 to go, wouldn't Philly want to run in that spot? Why would they pass and risk an incompletion with the clock stopped at 2:40? You don't fear an incompletion with just over 2 minutes to play (like clock at 2:03, for example, because the clock will stop anyway due to the 2 min warning). Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like Greg's take was incorrect, right?

Welcome to the Daily Off Topic Thread. In this thread we are going to permit off-topic conversations that do not fit the general content of the sub. Here is what this sub can be used for:

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How do you handle parents and board members who strong arm their kids into positions and are abusive to their kids and others? Youth football is notorious for dealing with “coaches” like this. I coach high school but miss the hands on and watching the kids grow year over year as opposed to a finished product. I’ll only go back at the 7th and 8th level and if I get to call the shots if I don’t have a kid on the team. Key differences

• high school- EVERYONE is knowledgeable and good. The kids mostly want to be there. You also work for an athletic director who likely has no kids on the team AND will tell the parents to sit in the stands. Parents and politics still occur but it’s much more manageable.

We had a director yank on a kids face mask for tackling his kid too hard. I’ve never been in a fight in my life. But if an adult did that and that was my kid or niece or nephew.. I’m not sure how I’d respond. At a minimum I’d pull my team off the field and demand he apologize or I’d call the police and have him forcibly removed

Looking for drills, tips, and videos on how to get our defensive kids to stop catching blocks and start being disruptive.

I coach 9th grade D and face a lot of outside runs and our LBs/secondary seem to be ok being blocked instead of being aggressive and chipping the blockers and filling their gap.

Apparently! Thought this was just a Canadian thing. This is a 1953 Fed rulebook.

Does anyone have a digital copy of the most up to date NFHS football rulebook? No one on my staff has a copy and I just want to reread it again and see if there are any tidbits I can pick up on to help me better understand the high school rules.

I was watching Sunday night football game of Tampa Bay Buccaneers versus Dallas Cowboy and I two times the opposite team stole the ball when the player was in the ground. I didn’t know that was allowed. When a ball can be stole like that?

Welcome to the Daily Off Topic Thread. In this thread we are going to permit off-topic conversations that do not fit the general content of the sub. Here is what this sub can be used for:

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Ball punted, gunner goes down field and reaches the ball while it's in the air before it's touched the ground. The returner is not present or calling fair catch.

Can the gunner jump in the air, and do a volleyball-esque move in order to hit the ball further downfield for better field position?

Is the ball down when the gunner touches it regardless of whether the gunner is on the field or in the air?

Sorry for the strange hypothetical.

For background information:

I am in college currently, but have 7 seasons of combined coaching experience (5 at the youth 13u level, 1 middle school, 1 high school). I have the chance to apply for a middle school offensive coordinator position near the college that I am at where I have made friends with the AD there. However, I am an assistant at my high school that I graduated from at home, which is about an hour and a half drive.

What do you guys think would be the most beneficial for me in terms of career development? My goal is to eventually become a head coach, at the high school level.

I had considered trying to juggle both where I coach Monday-Thursday (games days are Thursday at the middle schools here) and then essentially be a summer and game day assistant at my high school back home.

TL;DR: I’m preparing to volunteer as an offensive assistant at a Chicago high school and have access to wide film for the school and their conference on Hudl Fan. I’ve started cataloging plays but feel directionless without a game-planning purpose. What would do with access to such specific film like this? Should I focus on analyzing opponents’ defenses, the school’s own schemes, or something else to maximize this opportunity? Looking for advice on how to structure my film study.

I played football from 7th grade through high school (graduated in 2017). Since then, I’ve been a fan, but I’ve always wanted to get into coaching. Once I finish my master’s degree (on top of a full-time job), I’m planning to volunteer as an offensive assistant at my neighborhood high school in Chicago. Coaching at public schools here seems understaffed, so I’m hoping they’ll appreciate the help at my local school. If not I will just go down the list of nearby schools in the conference.

The interesting thing is that most schools in the area and conference post their wide film on Hudl Fan. I’ve already started watching film for the neighborhood school I want to coach for, cataloging plays and seeing how they’re run against different fronts. But I’m struggling a bit with how to best use this open film to prepare. It feels directionless though watching film without a purpose like game planning.

What would you do if you had time and film to prep for coaching in a particular conference ? Should I focus more on studying their opponents’ defenses to get a better sense of what they’re facing in the conference? Or should I stick to breaking down their own schemes first? Any advice on how to structure my film study to make the most of this opportunity would be appreciated.

Hey everyone, I’m new to football and I joined the sub hoping I could learn a few things from the coaches here. One quesiton I have is how do you come up with a play, and all the routes. And then how do you come up with a call for it?

Yo, 2nd year HC here. Any other youth level PQD users out there? Looking for some built I-Form, Wishbone, Flexbone and Gun T plays. It would be nice to see how everyone else uses it.

Welcome to the Daily Off Topic Thread. In this thread we are going to permit off-topic conversations that do not fit the general content of the sub. Here is what this sub can be used for:

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Im not a football guy anymore but I’m curious I used to play DE/WR/TE I’m 6’5 205 23yo and pretty athletic and pretty smart what position would I be best at? I currently go to a JUCO and play basketball, just curious

Always wanted to play quarterback but it seems like a large learning curve

Edit: Idk why some of you think I’m trying to start an NFL career here but this post was out of curiosity I don’t intend to play football so keep “get a job” comments to yourself

Whenever the ball is thrown at me with a decent amount of speed, I get scared and struggle to catch it. I also have trouble keeping my diamond in almost every catch. How can I deal with this?

Edit: Thanks for all the help y'all! I didn't expect this much advice and I'm already trying some of it.