Why the Titans and other NFL teams are leaning MORE on the ground game | The Install w/ Greg Cosell

To give you an example, the last month, all I've been doing is grinding away, watching different NFL tactics, teams, passing games, defense, running games.

I've really enjoyed watching run games more than I probably thought.

I've watched the Bears run game in great detail.

I'm watching the Bills run game in great detail.

I watched Javante Williams with the Cowboys.

You know, I watch a lot of things where people don't associate those things with the team.

Like with the Bears, everybody thinks Caleb Williams.

But their run game was third ranked in the league.

So, you know, I felt like that's something I need to look at.

You know, the Cowboys, Javante Williams, you know, everybody talks about Dak Prescott.

Their run game was really good.

So, and I, you know, I do a deep dive tactically into how they, you know, they go about it.

Greg Cosell with us.

We're doing a live version of the install, which, of course, you can catch in your podcast feeds on a regular basis on Thursday.

And ahead of week one, man, I mean, Greg, we've had a great offseason.

We really have.

But this football season, I'm looking forward to seeing, you know, how much more competitive the Titans can be.

And we can talk about that next week when we preview more of week one.

I wonder, Greg, because we've talked about trends in the league, and you've talked about McVay, and you, as far as I can remember, you were the first one talking regularly about the deployment of 13 personnel with the Rams and how much more frequently they were using it, the three tight end sets, and how much of their offense is derived off of the running game.

I'm not going to say, I mean, football plays have been football plays for 100 years, and there are some innovations, right? But I wonder, I wonder if you are seeing more innovations in the way that people are approaching the run game, scheming the run game.

I know you've spent a ton of time with Mike McDaniel in your career.

Yeah.

Um, well, I think the run game and this goes back when I worked with Phil Sims, when he first retired, which is 93, 94, and he was on the matchup show for one year.

And, um, And I remember him telling me, you know, I always get little bits of information from so many people that resonate.

And he said that when it came to practice, the run game was so much harder to teach and to do it the right way, snap after snap than the pass game.

To give you an example, the last month, all I've been doing is grinding away, watching different NFL tactics, teams, passing games, defense, running games.

I've really enjoyed watching run games more than I probably thought.

I've watched the Bears run game in great detail.

I'm watching the Bills run game in great detail.

I watched Javante Williams with the Cowboys.

You know, I watch a lot of things where people don't associate those things with the team.

Like with the Bears, everybody thinks Caleb Williams.

But their run game was third ranked in the league.

So, you know, I felt like that's something I need to look at.

You know, the Cowboys, Javante Williams, you know, everybody talks about Dak Prescott.

Their run game was really good.

So, and I, you know, I do a deep dive tactically into how they, you know, they go about it.

Greg Cosell with us.

We're doing a live version of the install, which, of course, you can catch in your podcast feeds on a regular basis on Thursday.

And ahead of week one, man, I mean, Greg, we've had a great offseason.

We really have.

But this football season, I'm looking forward to seeing, you know, how much more competitive the Titans can be.

And we can talk about that next week when we preview more of week one.

I wonder, Greg, because we've talked about trends in the league, and you've talked about McVay, and you, as far as I can remember, you were the first one talking regularly about the deployment of 13 personnel with the Rams and how much more frequently they were using it, the three tight end sets, and how much of their offense is derived off of the running game.

I'm not going to say, I mean, football plays have been football plays for 100 years, and there are some innovations, right? But I wonder, I wonder if you are seeing more innovations in the way that people are approaching the run game, scheming the run game.

I know you've spent a ton of time with Mike McDaniel in your career.

Yeah.

Um, well, I think the run game and this goes back when I worked with Phil Sims, when he first retired, which is 93, 94, and he was on the matchup show for one year.

And, um, And I remember him telling me, you know, I always get little bits of information from so many people that resonate.

And he said that when it came to practice, the run game was so much harder to teach and to do it the right way, snap after snap than the pass game.