Imagine having to learn all of that 😦 (via @danorlovsky7/IG)

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[@ByGriPhone]

Imagine learning all that and playing only 4 snaps a season

[@babybison2881]

Learning all what? It's like 40 pages and it's pictures of formations. Not exactly Chemistry or Physics.

[@af6456]

​@@babybison2881 Have you done it? Could you do it under physical stress? Not being confrontational just curious.

[@Johndoe-gd4tb]

@@babybison2881you are very smart

[@babybison2881]

@@af6456 have I? No. I've never made an NFL roster. Could I? 100%, and it wouldn't even be difficult. Y'all act like football is played by scholars. It's played by guys who can barely read and write.

[@theshield2207]

@@af6456buddy its simply just running a route…is running hard now? Soyboy go change your panties

[@Khanstipated]

I see why it's so hard to predict how good a qb will be in the nfl lol

[@troylee4196]

Or WRs No wonder like 3 a year actually become good

[@MickeyMo600]

​@troylee4196 I would say if that but we getting more and more talent at that position. Definitely the peak of the leagues history.

[@marlymarlle]

The book isnt the scary part. Its taking whats in the book and putting it on Tape that will keep alot of Players coaches and Gms up at night.

[@therealbenjamin789]

It gets even worse when your on the field and have to visualize the play before the snap at the same time reading the defense coverage pre snap and predicting how they will react.

[@AVanMan]

@@therealbenjamin789yeah fr it’s always funny when I see old head saying I could do that or how could he drop that. Like motherfucker do you realize the mental part of the game and how intense it is. Also for drops these qbs are throwing at the lowest 60mph and at the highest 70. That’s a mlb breaking pitch to catch with your bare hands. NFL players need more credit

[@rollin60z]

Whyd u randomly caps some words 🤨🤨

[@morganwhitehackle5940]

This is why QBs like Manning,Brees,Rivers and the goat Brady were just special!!

[@sidekickz2180]

Idk why, but I picture JaMarcus Russell seeing that playbook and saying "man....f*ck this!"

[@josegonzalezzz709]

That’s basically going to a technical school 😂

[@hockeyfan1799]

No.

[@wvbrookchub]

Nope.

[@MoonayMultipliar]

No That is maybe one script of one prof But the difficulty is doing what you learned on the field

[@babybison2881]

@@MoonayMultipliar which isn't hard. At least if you're not weetodded.

[@MoonayMultipliar]

@@babybison2881 what isnt hard? Actually executing on the field? If it werent hard, people wouldnt need to dedicate their entire youth to the sport

[@XaiGhosT]

Idk why but I need that book. It’s been a dream to read and understand the play calling at the highest level. Thats good game he’s preaching I wish a lot of rookies would actually utilize it

[@aaronhugz4277]

If learning that book is the trade-off for 25 million dollars directly deposited in my bank account, then that's a steal in my opinion, and that book is basically my infant I'm raising now, lol

[@jefframos4267]

It’s not just learning all the plays n formations… you gotta produce lol

[@gtr0k]

Hardest part is definitely the physical part.

[@jdspeaks.]

This is why I’m glad some NFL teams are hiring learning designers. Someone that can take this playbook full of words and play diagrams and make something that’s more engaging so that players can better recall this stuff in practice and games.

[@user-qk4vl8lj4r]

just ask madden

[@Yerocco]

Lmao that’s me then find cover 2 and get smoked

[@prestonhouston4079]

How to become nfl head coach

[@mannyreyes1340]

😂

[@ronald8792]

The white guys get a playbook the black guys get Madden

[@elparcero1220]

We can't. He Dead P.S. Yes I know that's the option for the Madden Game before anyone goes to me with the r/woosh

[@therealbenjamin789]

The hard part is seeing pre snap R2 in real life when your on the field.

[@sjacqVO21]

😂

[@Fycstion]

That's CompTIA level studying

[@iandaley2295]

2008 Texans playbook, so it's CompTIA C+

[@PatriccSellapound372]

Let me give yall some free game. What Dan is here is showing you that playing football is much more than working out. You can’t be dumb and be a successful player. Your understanding must be as high as your athleticism. This is only a third of what you need to retain. There’s a reason you can’t be a freshman and then enter the draft

[@trechinotre3742]

💯well put..

[@prestigev6131]

That’s why I always hated the dumb jock stereotype you see in a lot of media. Like, how can u be captain of the football team and have a room temperature IQ? It’s just not possible for anyone who’s actually good at the game

[@kevinleewilliams5119]

That's why when people complain about them making millions, I just think about the fact that they are the best of the best, and they make that money because average people cannot play at that level, neither physically nor intellectually for any substantial time, and why it's even impressive to make an NFL roster to begin with.

[@NeonSuperNovas]

That’s almost any team sport dude lmao. You don’t think MLS, NBA, NHL don’t have playbooks and schemes that you have to learn 😂??

[@Davidsl1991]

Well Michael Irving did say that after every play in the huddle for years Troy Aikman had to tell him his route because he didnt study lol

[@RedHoodFH]

30 NBA guys can definitely do this 😂😂😂😂😂

[@RuslanMathers]

As a fan, I wish I had one of these from past years. Interesting to learn this new info + finally learn some in-depth therms

[@guppy90rl81]

Football has to be the most complicated sport by far

[@dinodaniels6309]

I don’t know any that could compete. Load management 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@colevanbalen7205]

overcomplicated*

[@Created2skate]

Wheres the play that had you run out the back of the endzone

[@charliec2966]

HES WINNING. WE ARE NOT.

[@cheetah747]

@@charliec2966this dude is an idiot - speak for yourself buddy

[@Heyoka-uv8vg]

😂

[@MRkriegs]

@@charliec2966 I think they lost that game actually.

[@charliec2966]

@@MRkriegs NO. THEY WON THAT GAME. YOU MUST BE CONFUSED.

[@Alexander-B-DV]

2008 Texans, so that was Kyle Shanahan as OC/QB coach with Mike McDaniel and Matt LaFleur as offensive assistants.

[@JesusGonzalez-lc5gd]

Imagine having new coach’s almost every other season and a new play book. Geez

[@wizlb]

Patrick Mahomes supposed to have a photographic memory, which gives him an additional advantage

[@tjrose9830]

He doesnt because if he did then he wouldn’t have said a couple years ago that he couldn’t read defense 😂😂😂

[@evileyevalaus]

​@@tjrose9830being able to read a defense quite literally has nothing to do with photograpic memory he would be able to tell you where they was not how what to do😭🤣

[@tjrose9830]

@@evileyevalaus if he’s able to know where they are strictly from memory then he would recall how to predict and beat that same defense due to the amount of days and hours of film session to prepare against it. You said bs like stop it.

[@corey69000]

There goes Dan O just farting his way through the playbook

[@mfuckgoogle3273]

He's such a tool

[@topsykretts8058]

Makes sense; professional athletes make pretty decent coin. To whom much is given much is expected.

[@Anthony_South_52]

Danny-o showing how crazy this game is. Good work dude

[@misteraverageguy05]

For someone with serious adhd, having to read all that with the pressure of understanding and trying to be good…I would breakdown so bad

[@jmu76featuring61]

Jamarcus russels mom: honey..did you finish your book report? Jamarcus:yes mom(playing video games)

[@khmershakur9197]

Marshawn lynch just used his beast mode abilities

[@redmustangredmustang]

The funny thing is, he will always be remembered forgetting where the endline was and running back into the zone for a safety.

[@rhh3828]

A really frightening thought though is that Danny was licking his fingers to turn the pages of a book. The book also had tabs…

[@LovieM]

They’re already used to learning stuff like that because there’s carryover from system to system, so it’s no where near as hard as he’s trying to make it sound. The hard part is doing it when someone on the defensive side really doesn’t want you to

[@sherrodjohnson9280]

It's actually the exact opposite when you come in for college versus the NFL college playbook doesn't look anything like this as far as depth we usually have smokescreen action just obvious plays just getting people in space this is way different

[@Cornbloom]

Back up QBs still make millions a year. Id study tf out of that book! 😂

[@victorsalgado6742]

now i see why Johnny manzel & Jamarcus russell didint pan out 😂😂

[@cheetah747]

And Dan orlovsky

[@victorsalgado6742]

@@cheetah747 dan actually studied & put in the work thats why he gets paid millions too travel & talk football & you sit back watch his videos 😂 God Bless your soul lmao

[@cheetah747]

@@victorsalgado6742 Dan Orlovsky is a complete moron that’s why he was so bad 😂 glaze harder buddy

[@Matt24.]

People in here that saying this is easy knows nothing about football

[@babybison2881]

It is easy. Anyone who says its hard isn't smart.

[@brandonsmith9512]

It looks incredibly easy. It's almost like it's the exact same vocab as it has been their whole life. The A Gap is the same as it is in college as it is in the NFL as it was in high school. Trips still means 3 wr set on one side. And so when you hear a play call with trips in it, you already know who you are and where to line up. You don't just memorize the pictures, you learn the vocab and what the play call means, your part in it all, and if you can other people's parts well so you understand the play in its entirety instead of just your role in the machine. And then you practice it several days a week for months before the actual season even starts. It's like memorizing biology vocab if you know basic Greek and Latin word origins. It makes it way easier to infer the definition of the word if you understand how the word was named. The same applies to play calls. If you understand the vocab then the play call becomes almost self explanatory. The hard part is learning additions/changes for a specific matchup on short notice. Studying film on defense or as a QB. And getting the cadence and rhythm of your teammates down, developing that coordination and connection with your QB and teammates. Memorizing the vocab and understanding how the play calls work and learning the playbook is not hard.

[@trevordillard4870]

@@brandonsmith9512 well how bout you go be an NFL QB since it looks so easy then 😌

[@brandonsmith9512]

@@trevordillard4870 Did I ever say being an NFL QB is easy? Genuinely, is there a point to what you said? If there is I'm missing it entirely. The only point I can gather is that you wanted to say something that indicates to me you didn't read what I said. I never said being an NFL QB is easy. Nor did I ever imply that I could be one. I'm 5'6", even if I could diagnose an NFL defense in real time I couldn't see over the OLINE. That being said, I stand by what I said. Learning an NFL playbook is not difficult.

[@ghostx4747]

​@babybison2881 since it's so easy, why aren't you in the NFL? You 300 lbs foos just be talking.

[@Kristoff3334]

Holy kamoly. Someone oughta teach the league to use both sides of the paper. Tf is with all the blank pages 😂. They shoulda taught Dan-o the confines of the field

[@KingSebastian10]

I wonder how many rookies sat down and seen that book, looked at it and got right up 😂

[@BYRDFLEX1]

The fact that my son is 7 n thinks it just about tackling n running I feel bad for my lil dude because he just getting started

[@coreyrussell2085]

He stepped out the back of his own end zone

[@CalienteQuack]

What did you do?

[@bay0udoteth]

Johnny Manziel when they gave him the book: 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ode2491]

Imagine all of that studying just for the games to be dictated by the refs and Vegas in the long run. Lol

[@lucianoromero777]

Script writers went deep on this one

[@stickshiftt9127]

Good stuff Orlovsky!

[@Cant4getTheSauce]

Imagine losing the playbook that’s the scary part

[@Flyover-Shorts]

Can we buy those anywhere

[@Dimesprodz]

That would be illegal. NFL teams would just but other team playbook and know what’s coming.

[@kaidenisme9521]

@@Dimesprodz you can probably buy old ones somewhere

[@RB_4832]

1st time seeing what that looks like Dan O. A QB studying habits seems like the best attribute then....forget the physicals.

[@jayblazin1515]

Can y’all do this for the NBA rookies? I’m trying to see that one too

[@quietstorm91]

Kadarius Toney aint learning that. Im sorry. They treat him like a player that got traded mid season. "Go here, run this"

[@lukeskywalkermod3686]

If I was getting paid millions this would get memorized in one day

[@chrisbradford5893]

You either have an eidetic memory or you just talking.

[@TWPhilly]

@@chrisbradford5893he’s just talking

[@Matt24.]

It’s not as easy as you think it is trust me. I highly doubt that there’s players that take two seasons to learn the whole playbook.

[@Matt24.]

@@chrisbradford5893 he’s definitely just talking

[@ajh8566]

🧢

[@ignaciojvargas]

There were a bunch of blank pages when he flipped through to be fair

[@pete2716]

No fart?!? Smh letting me down Dan LETTING ME DOWN!

[@nelsonpineda8047]

Just exposed the 49ers, Texans, Jets, dolphins, Rams and Vikings.

[@JacobLara]

I just saw the Annexation of Puerto Rico there. I knew it!

[@Breen09]

Where’s the play where you run out of the back of the end zone? Brilliant!

[@colereviewsyt]

Try being a nuclear engineer/operator. That's just a week worth of stuff. And you will be tested every week, and you score lower than 80% you will get one chance to make it up while still having to learn the next systems book the next week. If you don't pass you will be fired.....

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

Constellation still doing that?

[@colereviewsyt]

@@thekidfromcleveland3944 not just them that's every nuclear plant period. Every energy company

[@chopshop523]

This is a lie! Most coaches have a general playbook written by staff and then the coaches implement new plays and things that aren’t in the book. Simple and that’s the truth.

[@rcng086]

Don't care about the playbook, where's the link to that hat?

[@insolentish11]

They had a definition for "win" in the terminology section

[@alainewican3721]

and its also a door holder

[@yaboidev9143]

Make sure Austin Rivers sees this 😂

[@ransomg9479]

I’d love to have that playbook. I’m going into football coaching so I’ll take all the help I can find

[@chuckchuckerson5364]

Pay me NFL (even rookie) QB salary, and I'll recite it to you backwards by tomorrow.

[@xtwinkiemaster17x]

Some people in the comments really didnt do good in school and you can tell 😂

[@Rollo_26]

Just turn to the page where you step out of the back of endzone.

[@scruffd0g193]

Learning the Playbook is no joke.

[@GP-wu1eu]

I would do anything to have that playbook

[@DreamDosage]

With nothing else to do, and all bills paid… piece of cake!

[@binxnegale5801]

Then you wonder us fans getting mad at these Rookies when they play on field. It's not that easy I would say. Lol😅😂

[@Dogoodthings314]

Soooooooooo it's like taking 1 semester of any college course?..... that's why it's so hard for these collegiate athletes to learn... weird. Dang imagine having 5-7 classes at a time/semester.

[@RoryL83]

What page has the play where the QB runs out of the back of the end zone without knowing it?

[@seanwallace89]

Madden Coach, create a play... all of em... play it til it translates... 15 hours max lol

[@williamgullett5911]

Is there anything in that book about not running out of the endzone for a safety?

[@nickwilliams2415]

Which play tells you to run out of the back of the endzone for a safety?

[@rustywagner30]

Yeah they get paid alot of money

[@user-lh2uf9mv6k]

And people say ball players are dumb.

[@juliocapeles8993]

And then you still gotta put in the work physically

[@Greg3G1G3]

If I'm poor and this my way to millions that book ain't nothing I'm literally going to rewrite that book 2 times and read threw it as many times as I can before I fall to sleep life on the line

[@user-fe7py7ws1c]

a lot of guys know the playbook front to back but will throw 60 interceptions when they get on the field

[@nightshift7963]

Its like any other language or learning endeavor. You dont learn the whole book. You learn your part. You dont eat a meal in one bite, you consume it in many bites.

[@evileyevalaus]

No they quite literally wantnyou to learn the whole book because they need to see how much information you can learn an retain its not the same

[@rollin60z]

Dan it isnt 2008, we don't use those 😂😂

[@mikef410]

Whatever happened to the Tecmo Bowl playbook??

[@zacharyvasbinder9470]

Oh ya I bet it’s real difficult to learn a book when you get millions of dollar and the best people in the world helping you learn it.

[@evileyevalaus]

Oh yeah because making millions helps your brain learn and retain information this comment shows you know nothing about football😭🤣

[@donnyfoster1859]

Peyton Manning learned that whole book day 1, I seen an interview I believe it was Jim Mora who said this. Peyton supposedly is a genius a very very smart dude

[@Dooby0071]

I feel bad for the QBs that get bounced around lmao

[@ohRosco]

Should’ve studied where the back of the end zone is

[@stephano5759]

Mahomes has a book of these on every team

[@jasonbrazier2864]

How many pages is the kicker playbook?

[@11mrsauce]

It’s like going back to college again 😕

[@adamjohnson5307]

They’re well compensated for their efforts. Even the guys that suck like him. 😅a

[@sencillo96]

But getting paid millions instead

[@babybison2881]

Haha no

[@Maximus-7-jo4gq]

How do we get a copy of that...fascinating

[@AtlasZero13]

If your making first round money , easy

[@meethvncho]

Idk how the qb do it 😂

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

As complicated as it looks. Most regular people work jobs with how to books just as long and technical. And they are doing it without any financial incentive of being rich either. I say this as a former athlete.

[@shaunmeserole9619]

Wait I didn't see the running out the back of the end zone play 🤔

[@tjrose9830]

That lions team was one of the worst blocking teams in the league that year lmaoooo

[@tjrose9830]

Making bad jokes when it makes zero sense

[@christiankane5802]

Bros house looks like a morgue

[@cheetah747]

That’s why horribly stupid QBs go 0-16 and run out of their own end zone

[@TCHrulez]

Try playing a sport that doesn't stop the game after every play to huddle

[@philliesfan93]

This guy was not a viable option to play on Sundays

[@armandocasares6417]

Dak kicked azz his rookie year🎉also

[@herndonchambers7328]

That’s why they get the big bucks

[@zackmorris4977]

yeah, i think for millions of dollars i could figure it out.

[@williamweiss6128]

Ignoring the talents of the rookies sent to losing teams expecting them to save your team. BS!

[@1stan2amendmentabsolutist]

Please you get paid millions this is nothing to get excited about . A chemistry or math degree will be much more reading and studying and yet most don’t make a few mill a year to be a math teacher

[@abcdefghijkl5408]

10000% try becoming a credentialed actuary orlovsky....this is amateur hour for 10,000x the pay

[@davidzecua5302]

Jerry Jones