The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL Lessons learned from the league's best offenses
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Jul 28, 2025 Bobby Peters, owner of the Alert the Post Substack and a guru on NFL offenses, joins the discussion. He shares insights on mastering screen plays and how teams like the Bucs and Cardinals excel with innovative designs. Bobby also delves into the Broncos' strategies and their rookie quarterback's success with concepts like the dig route. Additionally, he highlights how top teams, including the Vikings and Dolphins, creatively adapt their gameplay and enhance explosiveness, setting the stage for a riveting offensive evolution in the league.
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Screen Games Fuel Offenses
- The best NFL offenses have highly effective screen games that require precise coordination among all 11 players.
- Teams like the Buccaneers and Cardinals excel at running back screens leveraging gap scheme principles, boosting offensive efficiency.
Flexible Pass Protections Key
- Flexibility and diversity in pass protection schemes keep defenses guessing and protect the quarterback better.
- The best teams mix various protections to prevent defenses from exploiting predictable blocking strategies.
Bunch Formations Disrupt Coverage
- Tight formations and cluster sets create hesitation and traffic that disrupt man coverage by defenses.
- Teams like the Vikings use motion with clusters to confuse coverage and create leverage in routes.