Games with Names - Highlight Reel: Football Explained By NFL Stars

Episode Date: December 7, 2025

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Now, Julian and Lorenzo Neal go in depth explaining blocking and running schemes. Now, you used to do powers, bosses. Did you wham it all? You ever did that? Well, can you explain the difference of each of the things, Is that each of the assignments you had? Yeah, absolutely.

Say, like we had, for mentions. So you had a wham? What is a wham? A wham is usually when the three technique, the guy, whoever positioned. The big motherfucker in the middle. In the middle. And the guard flashes him like, I'm blocking,

and he slips him and lets the- Go to the second level. Go to the second level up to the linebacker. And now the big guy in the middle comes through and he thinks he's got a wide open and I'm right there at earholding. and get him. So that wham is you against tackle.

Yes. Bam. Bam. Bam is either when I can come. I can line out like the X or the Z and they can motion me in. And that's kind of when the crack. I did that to Dwight Feeney. That's kind of how we did the crack.

Yeah. So that's when you're getting like a outside linebacker. Outside linebacker or the D.N. And that's a, yeah. And we call usually like 90 or 70 crack or, you know, toss crack. Cost crack. We used to call Gator. Okay, Gator.

T and G. Okay, and we'd come down and hit that defensive end. Dwight Freeney, I got him, had him, I had him. The year, they went 13 and we're the only team to beat him, I think. 13. 13, 3. 13, 3. Yeah, you got to pull that one. I was getting freeney.

So what's boss? Boss means a boss is when the line, when you pitch the ball. Back on safety? Back on strong safety. Yep. So boss, you have the guard tackle pulling around. He's kind of, guard and tackle, they're pulling around, cleaning up the linebackers turning in.

And it's usually boss back on safety, the Z or the X when you're going to, he's coming down, blocking and cracking, and it usually opens up the safety and the full back. So boss, I love boss. Because they're a little smaller. Yeah, boss, I knew they were going to try to cut me. And if they stayed up on their feet, they had no chance. No shot. No shot. Power is that's when the 30 and 60 power, 40, 60 power, whatever it is, you know, 60 or 70 power.

That's when you have a down block. The fullback is running the track. He's going where the tackle was. The tight end, he's blocking, he's blocking down. Usually the guard is pulling. So in power, I'm kicking out the end or whoever the end man is on the line of scrimmage. Could be a linebacker, could be a edge guy. It could be an edge guy.

That you're just, your power and you're going, boom, that's where you're learning. It's power because you've got two guys of power that are blocking down. It's a pull and fullback at the point of attack. another one um i love iso iso and that's you in the middle back me and the middle linebacker i i so was my bread and brother because the guards fans like he's showing pass and boom the whole uz opens up linebacker takes a step back and he realizes it's it's it's lead and he's got to come make a decision love lead love power lead lead lead lead love iso yeah yeah and so that is that all of them yeah you know what you had that or you you know you that and that's what you got to

You young, young fullbacks, there's six. Right. Six plays that you have to just not give a fuck on about your body. Yeah. That's what fullback is. That's why you say it's about to quit. Right. Because you know the six plays.

Right. Right. And then we had, you ain't going out. You ain't going to get a hitch. Right, right. You got to earn the hitch. Exactly. And you'll get rewarded every now and then.

You do your job. Like we, and then you have, you know, like Bob. Bob is back on backer. So that's when a weak side play Where it's like me blocking the will backer The guy in the bubble So guards covered You know guards covered you inside

Guard uncovered you're going outside Because the guard If he's uncovered guard can go up to the backers That means you got to go out the outside backer So we got to get So when we're cutting all this up We'll have an example Of your explanation

Okay With a film cut up of it It'll be fun Yeah I can't wait to Like we'll cut all this shit, you know, we'll cut in and splice it. But like, we'll see if we can get all the bam, boss, Bob.

Okay. It'll be fun. That'll be that. Remember you said you did tie law? If you can license the footage. I know. Can we not do that yet? Don't we still do it? Not yet. I got a question for you. So, we've talked about all the different running backs that you've blocked for. Now, do you have to change or adapt

how you operate? Like, because Mike Alcelsat is a very different running style from Ladanian Thomason. Do they do they want different things out of you? Or is your job pretty much the same and you just go for it no i i think when you sometimes you know like l t is like all right cool he's patient he's guys boom boom you want to just you want to make sure that you're going at a good speed be square and let him choose where he wants to go corey dillon he going to run up your ass you got to if you don't he's going to hit you in the

back so you better frigging go and make a create a hole you want to make sure you're doing him and and eddie eddie you know he's a little longer so it's hard when he's you gets going he wants that forward lean Eddie George so you're just going to go but yeah there's different there's different little tweaks that you that you want to do a guy like you know Sprozy you don't he's back

there moving so you got to say hey Sproes let me step on his toes first meaning that I want to get close enough to him before you do you know a running back's job is to set the block up exactly if you're running the outside if you're running in lead or running we're running like a bob downhill he needs this

hug that double team because the guard is, you know, the guard is they're acing or tray blocking up or I mean, acing up. Hip to hip. Hip to hip. And they're going to go up to the next guy. Yes. But they can only do that if the running back sets it up. Because if the running back goes here,

then he's going to come in. The backer's going to, so he's got to be patient and run off the ass of that guy. Press it. And then it'll naturally happen and then you read off of that. So you could go slip in there or if he hugs him and wraps him, then you just go.

Right. You can go back door. But if he comes off right away, the linebackers then said, man, that linebacker, he fired his gun. He made the tackle in the backfill is because the guard didn't hug it long enough and he just lets him shoot, shoot the gap. Or he gambles. So as long as he does that, that linebacker has to stay home.

So that's one of the things that you read, just watching the game. And that just developed over time. You feel more rabbs, more stuck. You guys communicate on the sideline. You develop that. And you watch other tape doing a game. And also situations. Right.

Like what's the situation? Is this a third, you know, is this a third and inches, fourth an inches? There's like certain points where they know the vulnerable part of the defense where they have to win for the plate to work. Right. They have to be a yard in the end zone for you to win. And then it becomes inertia. Yep.

Now, is there a running back from the history of the NFL that you wish you could have blocked for? Oh, yeah. You know, I really, really, really wish. it's, believe it or not, I mean, Barry Sanders at times, you just said, man, because he really didn't like a fullback at times. Yeah. So just to see, to be with him. Yeah. So you wanted to change him. We could change Barry, baby. Let me change Barry. Say, Barry, you would have ran behind me. I said, you would have stayed in there. I mean, there are some backs, man, that you just looked at over the years that you say, now today's game, I'd have loved Derek Henry. Gee. Yeah, I mean, because

he likes to be straight down. How fun would that have been to see that? just get behind him oh let's go it's like fucking the the the Niners with Christian because they do those stretch niners make you cover every blade of grass because they got that stretch play so when you running out there that lineback is moving sideways I'd love to be able to get those guys on skates strong arm them and just they're going to go fine so they can't cut back so and Christian's that guy who presses the hole he would he'd make you look good McCaffrey runs a lot like LT in some sense as far as when they, the running, the way they press the hole. So that pressing is like, that's, that's like the main thing for a running back.

That's, that's what differentiates a college running back to a pro running back. In college, a running back can just hit the hole and break tackles. You can't do that in the league. You have to set up and be patient with your, with your line. There's a line to every run. And there's a way, a track, they call it. You got to hit the fucking track, run the track. And the track, like, so a lot of these young running back,

They'll cut before the block is ignited. And then, so it's an early cut because it looks big and it looks like it's there, but it's just a mirage because this guy's going to float over the top. Right. So guys like Christian McCaffrey and L.T. who's all time gray. They press it. They'll damn near come right off your heel.

And then full speed, put their foot in the ground and then go. And that's the hardest because once the linebacker, is waiting, linebackers waiting, oh shit, he's gone. He's gone. And that's what the great running backs do. But it's like one of those things where, you know, you have guys over here. You have another block over here with the, you know, the receiver or whatever. There's another matchup.

But he's got to feel that and like press that. And then, you know, that's like the number one thing. It is. With the running back. It is. No question. Next, Andrew Whitworth explains how offensive. linemen, prepare for games.

How'd you prepare to face this elite D defensive line or a defensive end? What is your like, what do you look at when you were watching a film when you were playing? Are you looking at scheme? Are you looking at individuals? Break us down with that, how your prep process was. When it came to tape, really, as a young player, it was really about studying habitual movements. And so for me, I was a big, you know, I grew up playing basketball.

I didn't play football really until high school. And so I was always thinking of myself as I'm a power forward and somebody's trying to go dunk a basketball. And how do I keep my body in front of them? How would I prepare for the things they like to do? So I looked at pass rushers, whether it be a James Harrison or Terrell Suggs or Dwight Freeney early in my career as it went on, the Vaughn Miller's and Kalil Max and then now the Nick Boses and Miles Garrets.

I'm studying the pattern of how they really move. And I want to learn their steps and how their body moves. and on what step they like to come off with certain moves. What's their go-to moves? Oh, man, and how their hips and knees and, like, what are little tails? Like, is their hand really high on a spin? Do they, does their inside lift? Does their outside go down?

You know, do they care their hands really low before they bull? Do they keep their hands high when they're going to hand swat? Like, I'm studying all those movements to where my mentality was is it's, you know, you see at the common, they do this, like, drill where you, like, shadow a guy, like, kick your feet and try to keep up with them. My mentality was, I should be making that step before you ever make it. I should know what you're going to do before you do it. And so I would go out.

I remember Derek Goff when I first got to the Rams, like being a young QB, like, you know, Jerry, if you know Jared, like just kind of numb nuts sometimes. He's like just going to sit and go like, hey, what are you doing, man? You know? And I would be out there like reppping Chandler Jones's moves. And he's like, why are you doing Chandler's moves? I'm like, if I can do him and kind of have a feel for him,

then like while he's rushing me, I kind of in my body, even though you don't see me on tape doing that, I'm kind of going through the motions of how he's moving while I'm taking my set to where I kind of know exactly when, like, uh, uh, uh, he's going to hit me. Yeah. You know, or, uh, uh, oh, he's going to pull away. And so I pull away. Like, so it's like I'm kind of studying and learning their moves and trying to move when they move. And that's what, that's what. It's a dance, baby. It is. You know, it's very similar

for a receiver when he's preparing against defensive, you know, DB, you know, is his feet stagger when he's going to give you an offhand jam? It's all those little things that you sit and you watch so you subconsciously digest it and it allows you to react when you're playing. Yeah, I think Coop always told me this. Like, it made me think of like him being the rusher, like, you know, kind of being able to like, what foot is it that that little has, you know, it's like, it's not always off a two. It's not always off of three. Like, sometimes it's one more. And then it's the same move to where in their minds, they click, oh, it's this route. And then I actually do it off of this step, you know, that type of stuff.

And they always thought of like, man, that's the guys that could get me or we're different. Like, I've talked to a lot of veteran tackles Trent Williams, all because we always joke. Like, when the guy comes off the bench that we don't know, that's like a nightmare. Because I would rather face Nick Bosa every play than, like, wait, who's this guy? Like, who is this kid? Like, is he fast? Is he slow? Is he powerful? Like, those are the guys that actually made you nervous because I don't know his exact pattern. And that would scare me more than like a guy that at least I know what I'm going to get. Yeah. That's right there, folks. That's offensive lines. 600. Yeah, that's not 200. No, 300. That's, that's, that's cloud.

level. That's way up there. Five, six hundred class level. What does that even mean? Well, you know, like you didn't go to college. You didn't go to class and college. I went to Kent State. So 100, 200, 300. That's like your basic level classes. This is like class level five, six hundred, baby. Can't read, can't write, can't stay, baby. It's advanced. Yeah, yeah. To add on that, how do you think, like, if you put yourself across the line of scrimmage, how do you think defensive ends are looking at your tape? Like, what are they, what things are they queuing in on you or how do they think they prepare against someone like, honestly? I think most of them just know that you're number 77. But no, but there's a couple guys that probably study more than that. I mean, AD is literally like, that's 73, you know, and I'm going to annihilate this guy. But I think, like, probably when you're talking about the really elite guys, they're thinking of how they could maybe adjust things a little bit. But the nature of what they do, and I, you know, I've gotten a chance in the last two years to work with young rushers and stuff like that.

Like last year, you know, it was publicized a lot that Mike and I worked together for a week. and it's those guys you got to remember they have to get to the quarterback and this is the other thing I teach young linemen that want to know I'm like you do realize it's their job to get to the quarterback now my job so as long as we can dance and you want to dance fantastic show me a guy's got a ton of moves that's awesome because I am going to just keep giving you nothing and you're going to keep doing moves and the ball's going to be gone and then you're going to tell me about how cool your move was and I'm going to be like great I get paid so that you don't hit that guy I other than that like, great. You can have a lot of awesome moves and you can be like, oh, man, I kind of got you at the end.

Cool. So that's my thing is those guys, they have limited time to get there. So they kind of have their way they rush. And so when you're talking to those guys, to me, I always tell them, like, don't waste time, like attack, be violent, get to the quarterback. And then you got to just trust the moves you have. As a tackle, though, on the other side of it, it's be patient, be calm, be under control, and really just be ready for the moment they actually attack. So it's two-sided, really, if you want to be really good at it, it's the two things. Like, for the one side, it's patience and stability and balance. And on the other side, it's attacking at all times with a relentless effort and really a violent mentality to get to the quarterback.

And so it's really, to me, that's the difference of the two positions, is that they can watch tape, but it's more just for them, do you punch a lot or do you not punch a lot? Like me, I never, never, ever stuck my arms out. I mean, I looked at it like in basketball. Again, I go back to this. Like, if I'm reaching, I'm dead, right? You reach your feet stop, you're dead. It gives them leverage. So I'm never reaching, right?

So the only time I'd ever reach is a guy who I knew was really terrible at speed. If he had no speed, now I'll grab you. Because I know that, like, even if you got my hands, I'll be okay. Yeah. Sorry, I know this is turned into O-Line 101. This is what we. People love this. Love craft.

We love the game. Next, Max Crosby explains how he breaks down his own game film. Now, we had Whitworth on. stud stud i love that guy and he would he would talk about he felt defensive ends didn't scout their tackles do you scout tackles and like what their strengths are he could always tell if if a guy watched film on him or or or just throwing shit yeah no i definitely do you know i come from a i mean the guy my biggest influence as a coach has been rob marinelli and he probably heard of him he had Warren Sab, Julius Peppers, numerous Hall of Famers.

I had in my second and third year. And that was my last, I mean, this season right here, that was my third year. And that's where I took off. And that dude is all about watching your film. Like, he's like, every line when you go against, it's a fucking gray face. It's nothing. They're all the same. He's like, if you do what you're supposed to do, get off, pad level, hands, fight area.

If you understand all the things you're supposed to do at the best of your ability, and apply it, it doesn't matter who the fuck's in front of you, and it doesn't matter what they do. They're eventually going to get broken, you know what I mean? So I watch film on other guys, of course. I try to pick up during the week, all right, who's giving away pass, who's given away run, what little things I can pick up.

But majority of the film I'm watching is my own film on repeat. I watch my practices every night, and then I'll watch a game or two games, and then, okay, I'll throw on this guy versus, you know, whoever. But at the end of the day, I can't sit here and watch the Steelers versus Giants and expect them to block me the same way they block some other guys

because you can go into the plan okay they're gonna do this and this and then they fucking throw three people at me you know what I mean? Like we went to the Colts game this I mean week 17 Robo comes up to me Rob Ryan one of the coolest fucking dudes I've ever met

great coach he comes up to me all right this is the week Colts don't they don't chip they just they five man up they're gonna man you and I got double team chip the whole game and I'm like fuck you know what I mean but that's why like I can sit there and anticipate and think they're going to do this and whatever but for me if I'm at my best and I'm doing my shit at the highest level then it doesn't matter what they do yeah you're what they call a problem no you know if if when I was playing we were to ever play a guy like you you're at that caliber where you're dedicating a 30 play clip in front of the whole team in the team meeting like one of the keys to viv

which is never usually a player, but Crosby's that kind of guy where he's a problem. And you can see it in the run game. You can see it in the past game. They're sending chips, running backs. Next up, Julianne explains what leverage is in football. I think I'm a really knowledgeable football player, but whenever you guys talk about leverage, can you explain leverage? Could you go over it? Educated.

Let's go. So you said two different things there. when you said position yourself closest to the quarterback, that's called stacking in the receiver room. We're talking, we're in receiver room, because leverage is used throughout all of football. Leverage could be pad level for defensive linemen. You've got to get your leverage.

You know, for defense, a lot of, for us, attacking leverage is attacking what they're trying to protect. So if it's a post-safety, there's one safety in the middle of field. They're trying to funnel everything to that one safety. So everyone's going to have outside leverage. So for a receiver, when you're trying to gain leverage on an outside guy, you've got to do something to get outside of him. That's what everyone talks about in leverage.

Or when you're attacking a leverage for a receiver, say you have an off defender who's covering you and he's got off inside leverage. you have an in-breaking route. How I was taught to always run routes, which is different in a lot of different systems, is to attack the leverage. So he's trying to protect probably inside.

So you attack him, attack them, and you're bringing them all the way in until you could finally get in. You're trying to break the leverage. That's what the leverage is. When you say positioning between the closest to the quarterback, that's usually like a downfield throw, That's what I'm thinking of when I hear that.

When you see greats like Randy Moss, what they do is they stack the defender. So they put their body in between the defender and where the ball is. You know what I mean? So you're using your back and then you're using your body to block him while letting the ball come over. That's like stacking. I don't know if that had anything to do with the closest. the quarterback but that's that that's do you guys get that so leverage like so just from clarification for leverage just to help me you're on you're a wide receiver you're on the line of scrimmage

yeah being lined up it's a man coverage you're being lined up directly across is a cornerback if they're if they're head on to you like lined up feet to feet there's no leverage there if they're inside he has inside leverage to you and if he's outside he has outside leverage to you Now, if he's head up on you, how you know what he's probably trying to protect is the safety. If the safeties, if there's two on the outside, if there's two safeties, he's going to be trying to protect the inside because the vulnerable spot of a two safety shell is the inside of that middle inside part. That's why you always see like tight ends down the middle because they're with those seam reeds. You know, so like that's what they're trying to protect because they have help over here. So whenever you hear a defensive coach say,

keep your fucking leverage. He's telling the defender, do not let the guy outside of you. Okay, we have one safety in here. Your help is inside. Do not let him outside. I don't care if you have to grab him. I don't care if you have to run to the fucking sideline.

Your help is when he goes inside. If he beats your leverage and breaks it, there's no help. You're on an island. So that's a lot of the leverage. So if you want to get a defensive coach would say you want to lose opposite of your leverage because you have help there. Yes. You're a cornerback.

Yes. Because you've got a safety back there or whatever. Yes, or a linebacker or whatever. And then continuing this from like a offensive line perspective or like blocking perspective, we talk a lot about like nine block or nine technique block from a tight end. Yeah. Is it for me, this question for me, is that talked about a lot because that's when a tight end has to make like it. They have, they don't have leverage, but they still have to make the block on the outside. They get into like, there's different, like, techniques for those guys and footwork for those guys to gain the leverage.

Yeah. Or to set the line or to set the edge. Okay. So sometimes when you have an outside, like, Rob would be the perfect guy to talk to about this. But if you have outside leverage and you have to gain the leverage, they do these little drop steps and then they'll go and they'll connect. Yeah. And then if he, if he's still keeping the edge, you're setting the new. edge so the running back has to go inside that okay so i don't really i'm not like a a doctor in that

but for leverage for route running it's usually what they're trying to protect you're trying to or you know you're attacking that that protection side or what what they're trying to protect and the great route runners like you watch like devante adams you watch uh back in my day stevie johnson he was really good at like breaking the leverages you know what i mean with releases guys that can break those leverages are crazy or if you see an out like it and and you can win that leverage at two spots you can win that in the beginning part of the route with the release or you can win it at the top of the route so sometimes you'll see an in cut where the defender keeps that inside leverage and the the receiver just goes and he's and he's trailing

them inside like a really good route runner would would have got in but if sometimes these guys get paid a lot of money too and they they kind of know what's going on on you have to win at the top of the route so you have to do something to get that leverage at the top now is that to slow down jab step jab in out in out in and then have him undercut and then you're collecting your leverage you know what I mean is that kind of like what you were talking about when we had Cooper Cup on yeah you're like you like to gain leverage on the line and he likes to do it on the break that is how I interpreted it yeah I'm sure way more nuance to that I don't know maybe I got to call my receivers

because I got to call Chad O'Shea. I need a little bright Chaddeo. Chaddeo. Dr. Leverage. Dr. Leveridge. Dr. Leverick. And guys, don't confuse this with the TNT crime drama leverage

starring Timothy Hutton. This is football talk, guys. Football talk. Not the mid-noughts T&T. We know drama. Line up. Come on now. Now, Nate Ebner explains what football players

could learn from rugby players. What could an NFL guy learn from rugby? All these laterals. You see, like, Travis Kelsey and all these guys doing that? It's like, it's, like, really coming into the game. I think it's great. I think they could learn a lot from tackling, especially in space. You know, it's like one thing when it's third and one, and, you know, it's a two-back set or something, and the defensive line's got to take on the guys.

But, you know, some of these open-field tackling, you know. Scallop. Scallop. Yeah, we did a lot of really good. Scalop. We did a lot of really good stuff. You can have your feet in the ground and fucking guy. You're done.

We had a lot of good tacklers, too. I bet. And, no, and with the Patriots. because we did some good tackling stuff. And I just think they could learn a lot from tackling. I think a lot of guys could learn what, like, really being fit is. Yeah. Because, you know, a lot of guys think they're in shape.

But, I mean, I guess we are for football. But it's just like your ability to never get tired is the greatest feeling in the world. That is. I felt like that from, like, 26, 5 to, like, 30. 29. 29, I started getting tired. Yeah. Like I could see in my conditioning when off season, you start getting tired from injuries

or whatever it is or you're older. You notice that? The older you got? I just started getting my body. Just the wheels fell off at 32. I held on for another year and they were just completely off at 33. What's the difference between an NFL locker room and a rugby locker room? That's what else I was going to say.

You asked what could guys learn from rugby guys. And I'd say just culturally, it's just like no me guys. Yeah. Like they're just non-existent. in the rugby world like the guys are always such good guys yeah the culture is so good and it's such a team first mentality and i mean we do that but like you see the prima donnas and the NFL and like just like the amount of me in this and and the NFL is crazy when i see a whole other side of it and a in a team sport like rugby where there are guys that control the game but you know i think

you really understand rugby like it takes everybody to make a play go yeah you know and And we get, you know, some wider, your position seems to be the prima donnas. But like, I wasn't too diva. Not you, but your position. And, you know, they forget, they forget there's an offensive line blocking for Tom and, you know, or whoever. And Tom's throwing the ball. Tom's throwing the ball. And other guys are running clear out routes.

And then people are blocking down field for them. And then when they get in the end zone and it's just like, I did that. Yeah. Fuck you, dude. I know. There's a lot of that now. Yeah. So that's probably the biggest thing I take away from his house.

vastly different the cultures are for two pretty much team sports um you know and you know you know i'd argue though in the NFL you almost kids come up in that though you got to be noticed you got to you know you got to be about you and let everybody see how good you are and and we build that culture in american sports because that's what makes it big and it's what makes money and you know rugby's not like that so um yeah man it's it's a great sport you guys have fun songs you sing or anything you have a song like a or do you guys drink beers with the other team and shit if you could pull up the freejacks post game like hawka they do like a post game song after they win and they sing these songs song i don't know it's that they're kind of hot it's kind of like our locker room and i get on

the mic before practice it started flowing you just ruin the vibe for everybody in the locker we're all getting ready to go and then then here comes eddles and we're like god damn it I think it with the fucking fake microphone rapping yeah just your pants on no pads yet

just ready to go everybody just you made people laugh though I don't know if they were vibing but they were laughing oh you brought the juice thanks for listening

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