Toledo Bill Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Is he calling blocking assignments? I thought the center did that. He turns around before every snap and is barely ready when the ball is in play. I haven’t noticed other teams doing this with guards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 checking with Josh that he is ready than giving the signal to Morse that the ball is ready to be snapped. it is done in away games primarily where it is loud and the communication can be difficult. a silent snap count. downside is that hte defense is qued up. 3 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFGOBuffalo Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 For the silent count. Everyone does it in some form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Water Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Toledo Bill said: Is he calling blocking assignments? I thought the center did that. He turns around before every snap and is barely ready when the ball is in play. I haven’t noticed other teams doing this with guards. He's looking for the QB's foot motion indicating he wants the ball, then signalling the C to snap it. The C used to look back between his legs, and then look up and snap it, but other teams learned to watch the C head motion to anticipate the snap. Canny teams have pre-agreed variable times between the look and the signal, to try to catch the defense going early. One of the comments made about the Miami game was that the C were not changing it up - probably because they were the backup and the 3rd string - but that helped the Mia D pin their ears back on us Edited October 5, 2022 by Beck Water 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 It's the silent snap routine. Centers used to look down between their legs to get the signal to snap from the QB, but then New England starting moving the D around when the Center did that... So the league adjusted with the guard looking at the signal from the QB, and then tapping the center or putting his hand up to tell the center "ready for the snap whenever you are" and he's giving a visual cue that the tackles can see in case they can't see the ball itself. I think that's what you mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Toledo Bill said: Is he calling blocking assignments? I thought the center did that. He turns around before every snap and is barely ready when the ball is in play. I haven’t noticed other teams doing this with guards. No, he is checking for Josh to signal he wants the ball and then signaling to Morse to snap it. Then Morse usually turns his head which signals Saffold and Dawkins that he is going to snap it since they can't see Bates arm movement. The Center used to do all that on his own until Belichick started being smart and when the center would look back to see if he wanted to snap, the DLine would shift so when he turned around and looked they were in different places which forced him to have to either snap the ball with bad protections in place or try and hurry up and change protections which might cause a delay of game or someone not getting the call, etc... So now the C always looks ahead so he can handle the protection calls and not have to worry about players moving last second when he isn't looking. Edited October 5, 2022 by Big Turk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Smith Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Mastering it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochesterfan Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 4 hours ago, Toledo Bill said: Is he calling blocking assignments? I thought the center did that. He turns around before every snap and is barely ready when the ball is in play. I haven’t noticed other teams doing this with guards. I think the others nailed it and it is very common now. Almost every team uses the RG in that way. He taps, waves a hand, does other motion and the center knows Josh is ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Clyde Smith said: Mastering it. I hear he's also a cunning linguist. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7975 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 5 hours ago, Toledo Bill said: Is he calling blocking assignments? I thought the center did that. He turns around before every snap and is barely ready when the ball is in play. I haven’t noticed other teams doing this with guards. Silent count because of crowd noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toledo Bill Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 Thanks for all the info😀. I had no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Logic said: I hear he's also a cunning linguist. I guess that beats being a master debater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotAGuy Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 I only came here because I thought this had something to do with his Snapchat account. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.