Last time we fired up the projector, we looked at our first-round pick Robert Quinn and the impact he can have as a pass-rushing specialist.  Today, we'll move on to day 2 of the draft and take a look at Lance Kendricks, the Pats' commendable use of two young tight ends from 2010, and some pros and cons from the concept.

  (WARNING: this post is long and arduous.  It is best digested with an Abita amber and some andouille.  And a lot of time to spare.)

  No whammies, no whammies, big buuuuuucks....STOP!!!  A new Playbook Projector?!  Whoopee!

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  So I'm working on knocking out another piece for the Playbook Projector on 2-TE sets and Lance Kendricks and all that good stuff.  I should have it up soon (depending on video editing and conversion and all that stuff...), but as I was waiting for an mp4 conversion to finish up I started thinking about the purpose of the piece.  Well, it really wasn't the purpose, but the significance of football knowledge.

  All my boys growing up are Cowboys fans, having been weaned on the teat of the Cowboys of the 1990s.  Growing up in Texas, we watched football at all three levels as often as we could: high school, college and professional.  And yet, how many of my old crew understand a trips right whiz 24 belly?  How many understand the intents of various formations and balances and substitutions and blocking schemes and positional technicalities and...I could drop another two dozen items to that list, and it still wouldn't be complete.  In short, football is really effing complex.  Which begs the question: how much do you really need to know to be a real fan?

  Thoughts on football knowledge, my old crew of lethargic football fans and Dirk Nowitzki after the jump.

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  It's been a while since we last visited the Projector, but it's time to add to the first four pieces in the series.  Today, we'll look at the pass rush for the 4-3 right defensive end (RDE), and why Robert Quinn is tailor-made for the position.

  Projector Excelsior!!!  (Go, ManBearPig, go)

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 It's back to the projector, TSTers.  Today, we're going to look at the offensive line, some run blocking basics, Jason Smith and what makes Pro Bowlers different than albino bowlers.  Not that I have anything against albino bowlers, but I don't see why they should have their own action figure and the great OTs in the history of the NFL don't.  Just saying.  Oh, and Sandra Bullock.

  I smell... I smell a projector.  A playbook projector!  KA-BOOM!

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  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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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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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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