Aaron Rodgers said if he is "able to decipher a defensive signal that calls for a certain coverage, his offensive line still has to keep him upright, he still has to look a safety away from where he wants to throw it, the receiver has to shake the coverage and get to the spot where the ball is supposed to be thrown, Rodgers has to put it there and the receiver has to make the catch.
“If anybody does anything different — I get sacked, pressured, safety doesn’t jump 'em — who gives a sh** if you know what the signal is?” Rodgers explained on “The Pat McAfee Show.” “… You still gotta execute.”
Overwhelmingly I'm seeing the better coaches and players downplaying this nonsense.
One reason is because they all try to steal signs.
Its places like Yahoo News and Mediaite trying to make this all sound like Watergate involving "extensive networks." Come on man lol
"University of Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule also commented on sign stealing in college football. “Yeah, sign stealing happens every game. There’s nothing wrong with teams looking over trying to steal our signs,” said Rhule."
All teams exchange films and have acces to game recordings.
Most top teams know what top players can and cant do because they all recuited same players.
Teams spend a week watching film and planning for what teams do.
Some teams rarely allow sacks and some allow dozens - the difference is good blockers vs bad and not "signals"
I see LB's give away that they are blitzing and they bull right over OL anyway
I said it before that in baseball stealing signals is key in football its just not that big an advanatge
"Sanders, who knows a bit about both football and baseball, said sign stealing does give a distinct advantage to the latter, not so much to the former. “If I know a curveball is coming, I got you. In football, I don’t give a darn if you know a sweep is coming, you still gotta stop it.”
The most important question to be answered regarding the alleged Michigan sign-stealing scandal is this: Did the Wolverines gain a distinct advantage?
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