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N.F.L. Plays on Twitter and Brackets for Everything

Derick Hingle/USA Today Sports, via Reuters

We have been learning in recent days what athletes do when they’re stuck at home, including working out in creative ways.

Lately, we’ve also been getting a peek at N.F.L. coaches and general managers’ activities. Sean Payton of the Saints, who had been self-quarantined after testing positive for the coronavirus, jumped into a Twitter thread about good football plays to use with an empty backfield. He had his own suggestions.

One was “52 All Go Special X Shallow Cross” in the “Gun Empty rt Quizno” formation, in which four receivers head out vertically.