Chip Kelly's offense broken down (and what we may see)

[Dolphin North]

That's awesome. Just reading a couple of the sub links in there. I think Tannehill will be pretty good at making those pre snap decisions. But I think his worry is making decisions during the play based on what he is seeing in split seconds. You have to react it happens so fast. You don't stop and think about it. This is where hopefully coaching the concepts and repetition will help, but I think Tannehill has some ground to make up in this area and I don't know if you can coach instinct in a year. I think Lazor will have his work cut out for him in that area. I can see him almost programming Tannehill like "If the safety does A, you do this...if the safety does B, you do that." It will be interesting and I think this is actually way more important than almost everything else in our offense. They may have to find ways to simplify it to the point that there are more pre snap decisions and less post snap if that's even possible. Is it?

Phillymag.com posted a compilation of all of their Eagles' offensive All-22 breakdowns, examining various play concepts.

http://www.phillymag.com/birds247/2014/06/16/22-resources-chip-kellys-playbook/

 

[Clamdigger]

That's awesome. Just reading a couple of the sub links in there. I think Tannehill will be pretty good at making those pre snap decisions. But I think his worry is making decisions during the play based on what he is seeing in split seconds. You have to react it happens so fast. You don't stop and think about it. This is where hopefully coaching the concepts and repetition will help, but I think Tannehill has some ground to make up in this area and I don't know if you can coach instinct in a year. I think Lazor will have his work cut out for him in that area. I can see him almost programming Tannehill like "If the safety does A, you do this...if the safety does B, you do that." It will be interesting and I think this is actually way more important than almost everything else in our offense. They may have to find ways to simplify it to the point that there are more pre snap decisions and less post snap if that's even possible. Is it?

Well, that would be tough since it's a read-heavy offense. You'll learn pretty quickly how Tannehill processes information on the fly. If you read through all of the play concepts, they explain the various reads and how they dictate where the QB goes with the ball.

From Bob Ford:

Now, in year two, it gets serious. Defenses have a lot of tape to study, and coordinators find they don't have to fast-forward between plays very much. If that is all they notice, however, Kelly's scheme will be fine, according to the Eagles' own defensive coaches.

"I think most people just view it as a speed game. I don't think they view it in its entirety," defensive line coach Jerry Azzinaro said Monday when the team's position coaches met with the media. "When you see a problem initially, you look at the solution to the problem and you don't really investigate the problem. Most people are looking for solutions when there really are no solutions."

It is the equivalent of putting a bucket under a leaky roof rather than finding the leak. Teams tried a number of different buckets against the Eagles last season, but it was difficult to find one wide enough to contain the offense.

"I'm glad we don't have to play them," defensive backs coach John Lovett said. "Last year, teams basically put a man in the middle of the field and then manned everybody up. That has shortcomings, too, because if you don't have favorable matchups, you're going to give up big plays, and you don't have a guy to account for the quarterback. You really have to defend the option on every play. Even though our quarterback doesn't run that much, there is the threat of him running, and if you don't have anybody in the vicinity, he's going to make some yards and get you a first down."