Does the offensive coordinator call plays based on the situation or is it a reactionary process? Like does a coordinator have a bunch of plays for 2nd and long, 3rd and short and then picks from his list, or does he think of a player that's playing really well at the moment and put him in a play? The reason I ask is because BS said Rob Ryan kept him off balance with his play calling. Now did that happen as a result of the last play he called? Because it would seem that the play goes in, defense reacts and the play happens. Is the defense on the field showing the OC something, then they call a play and it's up to the defense to disguise what is already on the field? I apologize if this seems like a stupid question, I'm just trying to figure out the process for the lifetime of a play.
My understanding of it is they have certain formations and play calls set up for different situations going into the game. This is based on what they see from the defense in certain situations on film. I would imagine a guy like rob did a lot of things to go against tendencies from the Browns which in turn would mess up what types of play would be called in all situations.
Down and distance, defensive tendencies, time on the clock, score. A lot goes into what happens with the offense.
You kind of answered your own question, as it's a combination of the things you mentioned along with other factors
there is no set formula for this. of course there is tons of preparation so they have a pretty good idea of what plays should be called when, but there are so many factors that go into the choice of play and most of it probably comes from gut feelings, predictions of the defense, and thinking about what you think the defense expects you to do and reversing it... play calling is all mind games and i think it is a very interesting science... too bad schotty is not a scientist.....
Unfortunately, there's no set answer to your question & you pretty much nailed most of the decision making considerations when forming your initial post. Think the best way to answer your question would require us to know how much flexibility Sanchez has to audible out of plays on the fly. I'm not saying any of these are correct, just throwing out random guesses: * Maybe Sanchez is given a play and only one backup play he can audible into & Rob Ryan was fooling Sanchez to make wrong decisions. * Rob has a defensive formation with certain tendencies (like blitz from right side) and then Schotty sees it & informs Sanchez ... they both are then prepared for it on the field ... and instead Rob lines up the same formation & Blitzes from left or drops into zone. Then the initial play & only audible play available to Sanchez are doomed to fail no matter what. * Rob was showing a false weakness on the field to bait Sanchez into dangerous throws & BS couldn't figure it out quick enough to warn him & Sanchez has the ability to audible into these certain passes no matter what's the play sent in. * Schotty & Sanchez are shifting the OL & protection to slow down Ware and keep making wrong assumptions on where he's going to rush from. * Rob has plays that he didn't run for the whole game and then on 3rd down, he hits the Jets offense with a play they haven't seen the whole game & Sanchez/Schotty are like wtf did the defense just do there?
