Texans film study and the evolution of Kubiak's offense.

[76Texan]

I'm going to start my vacation tomorrow and won't have the opportunity to get on board much, so I thought I just go ahead and present a bit of film study to "attempt" to show how much Kubiak's offense has evolved through the years.

As I rewatched several Texans games from this year to compare them to the seven Broncos games in 2007 and a Niners game way back when, I must say that this offense has come a long way.

It's so much more complex and sophisticated, the difference is like night and day (no matter the results.)

This offense that we're seeing here as compared to that 2007 Broncos offense can be seen as comparing a BMW with a Volks.

It's formation galore, play-action gallore, and a whole lot of more complex blocking schemes.
The motions are still there, sometimes less, but usually more.

When you add all these things together, there's little wonder why Arian Foster regards his HC as a premier chess player in the game of football.

And everything starts anew with each game, there has got to be a question on how the players can execute the different game plans at an optimum rate.

[76Texan]

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Before I go on, I just want to say that I like the concept of a forum much better than that of a blog for the same reasons that I like family/friend email groups (and forums) better than individual blogs.
Basically, I think it opens up the channel of communication.
In the long term, it works out well (of course, not without a lot of trying.)
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Anyway, let me just present the long of it.
I will cap the middle and the end with the "short" so that one can skip ahead if they are bored with the details.
It is for the pure love of the game.
Sometimes I wish I can make it simpler.

[76Texan]

For simplicity sake, and I happened to come across a Broncos game vs the Tacks in 07 in the break down to compare with the game we played against the Jags this year.

Purely coincidental, but the number of plays tied together for a decent comparison.

I won't bore you with the Broncos/Tacks breakdown.
Let me go straight to the Texans/Jags game.

[76Texan]

1-10
21ps
Offset I left 81 strong right
80 wide left, 83 slot left
PA screen pass to 86

2-1
21ps
Offset I right, 81 strong right
Double slot left 81 83
Inside slot 83 cut block WDE than get up to catch a PA pass for a first down.

1-10
21ps
Offset I left, 81 strong left
82 slot right 80 wide right
PA screen pass to TE 81

1-10
21ps
Offset I left, 88 strong right
80 slot left, 83 slot right
PA pass to 44




1-10
12 ps
single deep back
Bunch left (88 top, 83 outside, 81 inside), 80 wide right
83 faked reverse, 44 took the ball and ran left
81 went across backfield to block backside DE (this is called a Wham block and the Texans use a TE, a FB, or a WR for such task - Walter's dirty job.)

2-5
12ps
Single deep back
balanced TEs 81, 88
80 wide left, 82 slot left (trip left)
23 ran left for 4

3-1
12ps
23 single deep back
80 wide left, both TE 88, 81 strong right, 83 slot right
23 ran left

1-10
02ps
shotgun empty backfield
80 wide left, 81T, X, 88, 83 slot right 82 wide right
pass to 81 in short hole

2-6
21ps
SI,
88 strong left, 80 slot right, 83 wide right
83 motion across backfield to slot left
44 runs left

1-10
21ps
offset I right, TE 81 strong right
80 wide left, 82 slot right
44 runs left
mirror

2-7
21ps
Offset I left, TE strong left
82 slot left, 80 wide right
PA screen pass to 23 incompleted.

3-7
11ps
shotgun single back right, TE 81 strong right
80 wide left, 83 slot right, 82 wide right
23 motioned to slot left (just inside 80)
incomplete to 83 in short hole (dropped ball by Walter).

FG

[76Texan]

1-10
21ps
Offset I right, TE 81 strong right
80 wide left, 83 slot left
PA pass to 81 incomplete on a crossing route.
mirror

2-10
11ps
single deep back, 81 strong right
80 wide left, 83 slot left, 82 wide right
23 runs left

3-9
11ps
single back left, TE 81 strong right
80 wide left, 83 slot left, 82 wide right
80 motion to behind 83 in slot to take a screen pass off a PA fake to 23

Punt

[76Texan]

1-10
13ps
single deep back
TE on each side 81 left, 88 right, 86 just outside and behind RTE 88
80 wide left
81 motion across backfield to outside 86 (right slot)
after snap, 86 went across backfield to the left to cut block the WDE
run

2-8
13ps mirror formation
single deep back
86 outside LTE 88 on the left, 81 right
83 wide right
pass to 86 in left flat

3-4
11ps
shotgun single back left, TE strong right
80 wide left, 83 slot left, 82 slot right
83 motion across backfield to inside right slot (inside 82)
slant pass to 81

1-10
21ps
SI
80 wide left, 82 slot right, 88 flex wide right
88 motion to inside right slot (inside 82 slot)
44 run right

1-goal @2
Jumbo formation
22ps
SI
TE 81 strong left, extra OT right
TE 88 flex wide right

2-goal
21ps
offset I left, TE 81 strong right
83 wide left, 80 slot left
23 run left TD