2 misconceptions about Ryan Grubb's offense
"(Grubb's) concepts are borderline flawless...with a complicated run scheme" according to college football analyst: Seaside Joe 1929
If you got this far—the first sentence—and your only thought is, “I don’t want to read an entire article and I don’t want to join premium to finish it, just give me 5 phrases that encapsulate Ryan Grubb’s offense please” then the intro is for you:
“Immensely complicated run scheme”
“Big, fat, and slow…Got to go”
“This isn’t playing for the sticks, it’s playing for chunks”
“The concepts are borderline flawless”
and…
“You better have a chooch on yourself to play for this offense”
If that’s all you needed to know about the Seahawks new offensive coordinator, then I won’t be offended if you stop now and we’ll agree to call this another perfect Seaside Joe experience. If you want those five phrases look like on film and how it relates to the Seattle Seahawks, then continue and we’ll agree to call this another perfect Seaside Joe experience.
What the Seattle Seahawks are going to get from offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb is a guessing game, not because we have no evidence of what he’s done so far (we have plenty of that) but only due to a lack of experience in the NFL and little clarity on how much he differs from former boss Kalen DeBoer and in what ways. The two are now on different paths with DeBoer at Alabama and Grubb in the NFL, but their offensive resumes have been practically inseperable up to this point.
What DeBoer is known for is also what Grubb is known for, and vice versa. However, what DeBoer and Grubb are known for might also not be what they actually do! How could this be?
In the same way that the “Legion of Boom” is often only attributed to cornerbacks and safeties even though they wouldn’t have had the same success without players like Bobby Wagner, Michael Bennett, K.J. Wright, Cliff Avril, and a deep defensive line unit, talk about what made the Huskies successful has centered around Michael Penix without much regard for the importance of Washington’s skilled run blockers and varied rushing attack.
Today’s post and Ryan Grubb film study from a college football expert aims to dispell myths about the Washington Huskies offense and what to expect from the Seahawks moving forward.
Since the Seattle Seahawks hired Mike Macdonald as head coach/defensive coordinator and Ryan Grubb as offensive coordinator, we’ve had a lot of content on what they could mean for the future: A comprehensive Grubb guidebook, a recent history of new NFL offensive coordinators, a look into what Grubb and Scott Huff mean for the vision of the offensive line, a reminder of what Kenneth Walker did to Mike Macdonald in college, film study on Macdonald’s blitz packages, a Boye Mafe film study, and what we learned about Macdonald’s defensive scheme from The Athletic’s Ted Nguyen.
As someone constantly looking for new sources of football information from people who know more than me (easy to find) and that is also easily digestible because it is well-made and loaded with tidbits we didn’t already know or assume (hard to find), it’s a great day when I stumble across people like All_22_Film_Study or The Coordinator Project.
I found another great new source on YouTube and today I’ll share it with you by transcripting the major takeaways so that you don’t have to watch it (although you should) to get something out of it, and then we’ll talk about the 2 MAJOR MISCONCEPTIONS about Grubb/DeBoer’s offense:
In today’s post we’re going to cover 2 misconceptions, why the Huskies were the envy of so many teams (at both levels) because of their offensive concepts, what the Seahawks need to do in order to execute these “complicated run schemes”, why Grubb is the offensive version of Mike Macdonald, what it really means to be gimmicky, what are the weaknesses, and 3 potential setbacks Seattle could face. As well as, what is a chooch.
It’s a lot because this is one of the best Seaside Joes of the year. Every post is a 10 out of 10, including this one.
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