How the run game fits into modern NFL offenses with Mitchell Schwartz
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🗓️ 22 December 2021
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What role does the run game play in a successful offense in 2021? Robert Mays is joined by Mitchell Schwartz to discuss what the numbers tell us, the impact on the quarterback and offensive line and the physical element it brings to the offense. Plus, Robert shares parts of his conversation with Colts’ head coach Frank Reich on the topic.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Athletic Football Show. |
| 0:15.5 | The Athletic Football Show. |
| 0:17.9 | Because like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. |
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| 0:38.5 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Show. Today's Wednesday, December 22nd. I'm Robert Mays. Joining me today is my good friend Mitchell Schwartz. Mitch, how you doing, buddy? Doing pretty good. How are you? Good. It's good to have you back. You've been enjoying not being on an NFL team over the last couple weeks, traveling a little bit, |
| 0:41.5 | getting to enjoy yourself this time of year in a way you typically do not. |
| 0:46.0 | That is correct. It's definitely strange, but it's nice. Turns out there's a lot of beautiful places in this country, especially when the snow is falling and weather turns a little bit. |
| 0:50.4 | So that's been nice. I also did something I haven't done in a while yesterday. |
| 0:54.5 | I went to an NFL game. |
| 0:56.8 | We were sitting there, and you also went to your first game as a fan this year in a long |
| 1:01.8 | time. |
| 1:02.5 | I went to my first game as a fan this year in a long time. |
| 1:05.2 | My buddy texted me yesterday, right before we started recording with Sandow, |
| 1:09.5 | it's like, do you want to go to the Bears game today? |
| 1:28.7 | And I didn't have a good reason not to. I was like, God, that actually sounds pretty fun. Like, I know they're not very good. I know it's cold outside, but I've so rarely- That sounds like good reasons to me. I don't know about you. I so rarely get a chance to go. And I realized as I was sitting there thinking about it, I hadn't been to a game in 11 years as a fan, which is crazy. But then you think about the actual mechanics of that, and it makes |
| 1:34.9 | sense. I lived in L.A. from 2010 to 2015, so I didn't live here in Chicago. And they don't play |
| 1:41.7 | that many games not on Sunday. I can't go on Sunday. So the only options |
| 1:46.2 | are Monday and Thursday. I'm pretty sure they haven't played a home Thursday game since I moved |
| 1:50.8 | back here. And there's only been two, like three or four Monday games. And for whatever reason, |
| 1:56.7 | they haven't been very good. I mean, you can list off the reasons. But I haven't gone. So I went with my brother yesterday and met one of my really good, like, lifelong friends there with his wife. And I really enjoyed it. It was a terrible game, but it was just a reminder that, oh, yeah, like, I love this place. I used to go here all the time with my dad. It holds a very special place in my heart. |
| 2:17.9 | So going and actually taking that in yesterday, I don't know. |
| 2:20.6 | It's something I needed. |
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