When you talk about forming an offensive identity, it's about, first, let's figure out what our players do best.
We need a Moneyball revolution in the NFL. We need Spread teams and Run and Shoot teams and Option teams.
Mike D'Antoni is one of the best offensive coaches in the whole game of basketball, by far.
To win those big games you're going to have to complete some third-down passes, you're going to have to be able to get some explosive games in the passing game.
As I say, 'Every tackle's nightmare is third and long.'
It's just boring to see a team punt the ball and have the returner fair-catch the ball all the time.
Throwaways are OK. When a quarterback throws the ball away in our system, that's a plus. That's a plus decision. That's the way I've always graded it.
Pass a lot, use some reverses and toss in a gadget play once in a while for the TV audience. None of that detracts from winning.
Tackling and playing well in space against any spread offense is very important.
It actually took me a year to learn how to play running back - to understand what they were doing defensively and then what our guys were doing every single play.
I'd love to be a consultant and help design an offense. That's my true passion, and I want to find an outlet where I can do that.
Whether it's third down, man vs. man or red zone, a lot of the game comes down to one-on-one matchups.
There's a lot to it, but the bottom line as a receiver is to run the right route, get open and make plays.
As we play, I just kind of make the best decision and try to move the chains.
When you can recognize hot throws and blitzes, that's when they can slow down their blitz and they don't want to blitz you as much because you're getting the ball out.
I worked at a place that followed a system where the quarterback was taught to take the sack rather than force the throw. That's kind of an old-school theory, but it has existed in this game.
The best advice I try to give a young quarterback is, you need to know what you're doing. You need to know what you're doing, because if you know where to go with the football, you can get rid of it and throw it and you won't get hit.
It's a challenge for all quarterbacks, though: You want to make the big play; you want to throw a touchdown every single play. But at the same time, you have to know that it's a process.
Turning the corner is the most important, but first play the run.
You have to approach it the same way with any quarterback. You're going to try to do the best for your guy.
I'm going to play the quarterback position the way coaches install the plays; I'm going to go through the reads just like they install it.
When you take shots downfield, you want to be good at them.
Since Mark Richt took his offense from Florida State to Georgia, Florida State has been floundering. They have no identity. They have a bunch of plays, but they have no system and no philosophy.
When you're dropping back and everything's going on, part of you wants to force it, but you have to make the right decision and not force the ball and sometimes throw it away.
You have to be able to recognize defenses on your own in pro football. You can't look to the sideline and read some board. You've got to recognize the defense on your own, and then you've got to communicate to your offensive teammates what you want them to do.
