One of the greatest things about the Digital Age of Sports is the amount of info available—the saturation of breakdowns and in-depth videos with overlays and zoom-ins, and even GIFs—helping to shape our expertise-level vocabulary and schematic understanding. Where the casual NFL couch potatoes of yesterday are seasoned tomorrow—we’re all Sean McVay.
And, oh man, the complexities are mind-boggling. The NFL is full of scheming and creating illusions—on both sides of the ball—with hopes that the organized deception will lead to a victory. The NFL playbooks are vast and dictionary-level thick, with quirky terms that sound more like ’90s alt bands than touchdown-producing concoctions: Lookie.