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Rufio's Playbook

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Yards Per Attempt, Yards Per Carry, and Offensive Balance

How do yards per carry and yards per attempt factor in to a balanced offense? Why are announcers wrong when they look at rushing vs. passing attempts to determine offensive balance? An in-depth look at these numbers and what they mean.

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The Saints Go Deep: the Fade and the Fade-Stop

What should the Cleveland Browns be ready for when facing the New Orleans Saints? Find out how the Saints will use four verticals and the fade-stop to go deep in their passing game.

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Rufio's Playbook: Personnel and Formation Applied

Why are on-field matchups so important in the NFL? A look in to the cat and mouse game of personnel and formation using a St. Louis Rams preseason touchdown as an example.

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Rufio's Playbook: The "Pin and Pull" Outside Zone Run

How does the Pin and Pull outside zone run differ from the normal zone runs? How do they fit in to the Cleveland Browns' offense? An X's and O's look at this variant on the stretch play.

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Becoming "Multiple": Passing Concepts and the Snag Concept

What do coaches mean when they speak of being "multiple"? How are passing concepts different than passing plays? What is the snag route? An in-depth look at all those things and more.

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Becoming "Multiple": Personnel and Formation

Many coaches desire to be "multiple", but what does that even mean? Here, I break down how an offense can provide a defense many different looks through manipulation of who is on the field and where they are on it.

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Rufio's playbook: The Inside Zone Run

How does the Inside Zone run differ from the Outside Zone run? How is it used as a part of a zone blocking system? How did the Cleveland Browns use the inside Zone run in 2009? Those questions answered and more in this post.

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Rufio's Playbook: Zone Blocking in the Running Game

What in the world is "zone blocking"? What are teams trying to accomplish when they utilize zone running plays? An in-depth look at strategy that no NFL fan should miss.

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Rufio's Reaction to the Cleveland Browns' 2010 NFL Draft

How did the Cleveland Browns do in the 2010 NFL draft? Why did we "reach" for Montario Hardesty and TJ Ward? A look at the Browns' picks after an exhausting weekend.

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Rufio's Playbook: Breaking down Tracy Porter's Pick Six of Peyton Manning

What exactly happened on the play that essentially won Super Bowl 44? Did Peyton Manning actually make a mistake? Here, I break down the tape of the play.

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