Second in a series of film breakdowns on the state of the Lions passing offense. See Part 1 here.
There is a constant stream of new developments in football strategies that become hot trends, and teams at every level seek to incorporate lots of stuff every year. It is hard to blame coaches for looking for better ways to do things or trying to get a little extra edge for the players in their scheme. Even if they have roots in very old football ideas, the “new and improved” ideas are often hyped as superior to the “old and inferior,” and anybody not going for it is a reactionary stick in the mud.