Offensive Playbook

[dal0789]

People are always saying how Al Saunders has a 700 pages playbook but im just wondering how does that compare to other OC's in the League. How many pages are there books?

 

[Rampage]

i don't see how they can remember half of that book

 

[LaTunaNostra]

People are always saying how Al Saunders has a 700 pages playbook but im just wondering how does that compare to other OC's in the League. How many pages are there books?

I think this is one time that size really doesn't matter.

Paul Hackett when the Jets OC was said to have a Manhattan phonebook sized playbook of 1000 pages.

But oddly, every one of those pages read "draw".

 

[Typhus]

I think this is one time that size really doesn't matter.

Paul Hackett when the Jets OC was said to have a Manhattan phonebook sized playbook of 1000 pages.

But oddly, every one of those pages read "draw".

Exactly, back in the early 90's, Jimmy's playbook was limited, Emmitt off RT, skinny post to Irvin, Novacek underneath, Emmitt off LT.

Everbody new "what" we were going to run, but they just couldnt do anything about it.

Nobody could stop it.

In short it is the personel that is important, and how they execute.
Scheming only gets you so far.

 

[TNCowboy]

An old Patriots' playbook used to be online somewhere. I think it was only about 100 pages.

 

[MapleLeaf]

An old Patriots' playbook used to be online somewhere. I think it was only about 100 pages.

...they are about 150 - 200 pages on average. Most of it's the same.

 

[5Stars]

People are always saying how Al Saunders has a 700 pages playbook but im just wondering how does that compare to other OC's in the League. How many pages are there books?

The reason the RedStinks playbook is so big is because the plays are written in Crayons so the Sean Taylors' can understand them...the pages are not regular type like a real team uses...their's are bigger and in color, too!

 

[JohnsKey19]

I'd guess that half of it is just window dressing with a bunch of funky formations and pre-snap motion but running the same plays. There's only so much you can do once the ball is snapped...

 

[Hostile]

No playbook envy please.

:wink2:

 

[MichaelWinicki]

I could imagine that Tom Landry's play book was pretty big for the era.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I could imagine that Tom Landry's play book was pretty big for the era.

Testing my memory here, but if I recall Preston Pearson made some comment about the difference between his playbook at Pittsburgh and Landry's playbook after he came to Dallas. Pearson said something to the effect that our playbook was twice as big because of all the gadget plays.

 

[jazzcat22]

Cleveland Browns 1960's playbook had 4 pages.

Page 1
1st down...Jim Brown run left, if runs for 1st down, return to page 1
Page 2
2nd down...Jim Brown run right, if runs for 1st down, return to page 1
Page 3
3rd down...pass to open receiver, , if 1st down, return to page 1
Page 4
4th down...do not blame Jim Brown...FG / Punt unless less than 1 yard inside the 30...Jim Brown up the middle..if 1st down return to page 1