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The PBP: gaps, techniques and the Hollis Thomas effect

Alright, gentlemen, listen up!  This is a chalkboard.  It's made primarily of slate.  Got that Jimmy?  Well, damnit, pay attention!  Why the hell do you think I wear this coat and hat indoors?

Alright, gentlemen, listen up! This is a chalkboard. It's made primarily of slate. Got that Jimmy? Well, damnit, pay attention! Why the hell do you think I wear this coat and hat indoors?

  I know I suggested doing the next episode on the O-line in the last PBP, but with the signing of Hollis Thomas, I thought this had more immediate relevance.  Today's Playbook Projector asks a couple questions:

  What the hell are gaps?  What the hell are techinques?  Why the hell do I have to say "hell" every question?  I mean, what the hell?

  Numbers, fat bodies and diagrams await...playbook projector, hoooooooooooooooooooo!

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The PBP: The 4-3 defense and the arrival of James Laurinaitis

Jimmy, are you paying attention?  Damnit Jimmy, you're an embarassment to this team and your family!  Let's start over.  It's called the 4-3 because of the four defensive...damnit, Jimmy!

Jimmy, are you paying attention? Damnit Jimmy, you're an embarassment to this team and your family! Let's start over. It's called the 4-3 because of the four defensive...damnit, Jimmy!

Well a good weekend to all. Yeah, it's been awhile since the first PBP in May where we looked at the "smash" concept and how Donnie Avery could be employed.  This time, we're going to step back from a concept and look at the 4-3 defense in general and how the MLB, or in our case James Laurinaitis, holds a 4-3 together.  As always, questions and criticisms are more than welcome. 

A quick note before we dive in: I'd like to thank hoosierteacher of MileHighReport University fame.  If you're eager for some serious X's and O's, it's the best repository for football knowledge that I've found on SBNation.

So with that said... Projector...go!

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The PBP: Avery's quickness & the Smash scheme

 The Playbook Projector looks for ways to get mismatches against opponents.  So sit down, shut up, and pay attention.  Please.

The Playbook Projector looks for ways to get mismatches against opponents. So sit down, shut up, and pay attention. Please.

Welcome to the Playbook Projector, Rams fans, where we get into some Xs and Os to look at some plays we plan on seeing, if not in their entirety then partially, to exploit our opponents in 2009.

So let's fire up the playbook projector and look at how we can use Donnie Avery's speed in the "Smash" scheme.

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