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Andy Benoit: Unrecognized simplicities

“Most geniuses—especially those who lead others—prosper not by deconstructing intricate complexities but by exploiting unrecognized simplicities.”— Andy Benoit.

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Most geniuses—especially those who lead others—prosper not by deconstructing intricate complexities but by exploiting unrecognized simplicities.

Andy Benoit

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Andy Benoit on Friday September 1st posting at the Sports Illustrated/MMQB Website: K.C. will occasionally send a back on a deep downfield route out of the backfield. This is so unusual that most defenses don't have a response for it — they've never needed one. Thursday September 6, Kansas…

Andy Benoit on Friday September 1st posting at the Sports Illustrated/MMQB Website:

K.C. will occasionally send a back on a deep downfield route out of the backfield. This is so unusual that most defenses don't have a response for it — they've never needed one.

Thursday September 6, Kansas City versus New England Patriots, rookie running back Kareem Hunt on...

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Oh wait, what was that about women’s sports being boring?

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Andy Benoit, an NFL analyst for Sports Illustrated argues that women's sports are less entertaining and not worth watching.

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The film shed no new light on Malcolm Butler’s game-winning interception. Russell Wilson’s ball placement was not ideal, but the key was Butler’s outstanding play recognition. Consider it a case of the football gods leveling things out after Jermaine Kearse’s lucky 33-yard catch.

Andy Benoit | Final Impressions of XLIX

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The Patriots have the best man coverage in football. The Seahawks’ passing attack is heavy on isolation routes, and we just saw their receivers get stifled for 55 minutes by the Packers’ man-centric defense. Expect Darrelle Revis to shadow Doug Baldwin, eliminating Russell Wilson’s top target. The Seahawks might be able to occasionally work Baldwin open from the slot with short-area pick routes, stack releases, and their staple wheel routes, but Revis is phenomenal at working through traffic to defend those (see his interception in the AFC Championship Game). Most likely, Wilson will have to look elsewhere. But with two safeties in help coverage—a tactic the Patriots use often and will certainly employ against the mobile Wilson—do we really foresee Jermaine Kearse consistently separating from Brandon Browner? Or Ricardo Lockette shaking free from Kyle Arrington and a safety?

Everything You Need To Know About Super Bowl XLIX | Andy Benoit

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The problem with bad pass protection is the quarterback knows it’s bad and, human nature being what it is, starts to speed up his play. Tom Brady has done that. He even did it against Miami which, considering it was Week 1, tells you there had been protection problems in practice. The Patriots mostly use a short-drop passing attack, so it seems intuitive that it’s not exactly bad for a quarterback to speed up. But it doesn’t work that way. Speeding up means distorting the synchronization of route concepts. The Patriots’ passing game hinges on that synchronization. A short-drop passing game also hinges on having the full breadth of eligible receivers running routes. That means you’re not holding back tight ends and running backs as full-time helpers in pass protection, so the struggling linemen are stuck in one-on-one scenarios. Typically that’s fine because the ball comes out quickly. But this line has been screwing up even before the ball can come out (which is hard to do). And the Patriots receivers have not been winning battles off the line of scrimmage.

Andy Benoit | What's Wrong with Pats? Plenty, but It Can Be Fixed