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Originally Posted by O.city
Can we not with the "watch the tape" shit?
Youtube cut ups aren't "tape". Not really singling anyone out on that, just always grinds my gears.
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No, but they certainly tell a part of the story. They're far from worthless.
You think the player is going to look different just because you're watching it from an all-22 angle or something?
You think we can't pick up on a sense of speed, acceleration, suddenness, size, playstyle, and a number of other established patterns through YouTube clips? That somehow that's going to look different if viewed at a different angle?
All-22 etc is great for watching schemes, watching routes develop downfield etc. Really breaking down the how/why a receiver is/isn't getting open. But it's not like we can't glean other information from basic broadcast cut ups.
What i will say though is you gotta watch the right shit. 3 Minute highlight videos aint it.
But you can learn a lot about a player by watching the full highlights, the 25+ Minute videos, along with any of the "VS" stuff you can find, i.e "Patrick Mahomes VS" will lead you to full game clips etc. And Senior Bowl drills are great too if that player has them.