Well, I'm no fan of Mickey but, I think I kinda agree with him on this one. Analytics are fine and they definitely have their place but I am not a believer in the idea of using Analytics real time. Analytics, IMO, are best served when you look at them and use them to put together a game plan. Use them to prepair for a team. Understand the info and coach the players to be prepaired. "Analytics say that this team does x when faced with this situation, this percentage of the time so be ready to respond with X, when you see this on the field." That, to me, is the best use for them.
During the game, it's about real time changes and adjustments that every team, every coaching staff should be making. Our problem is that we don't do this well enough, if you ask me, but using analytics during the game is not the answer IMO. All that does is create tendencies. I mean, teams use analytics, not only to figure out what other teams are doing. They use them to make self assesments of what they, themselves are doing. Get too dependent on this kind of stuff and you create tendency, which is a killer in our game.
The NFL is and always has been about balance. You strive to find a balance within your own team that allows for peak efficiency, while at the same time, creating imbalance with your opponent. You want them working under that handy cap. Any time you create a tendency, it can be exploited and that's not a good thing. During the game, teams change, based on whatever you are doing on the other side of the ball. Change is dictated by your opponents actions or failures to react. I don't think tendencies or analytics serve you well there because what you are trying to create is a situation that is the exact opposite of what analytics are designed to do. I think Garrett and Mickey are right on that one.
JMO