Tag: Mark Schofield

Touchdown Wire’s Super Bowl LVI matchup video with Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield

Super Bowl LVI is right around the corner, and Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield break it all down with tape notes and advanced metrics.

With Super Bowl LVI just around the corner, it’s time for Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield to do what it is that they do — go through the tape and advanced metrics as a forensic level, and come out with the key matchups, players who can swing the game in their team’s direction, and those Secret Superstars who could rise out of anonymity to excel in the biggest games of their lives.

You can watch the video, in which Doug and Mark do just that, right here.

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Jared Goff: Three throws from Week 13 with Touchdown Wire’s Mark Schofield

Touchdown Wire’s Mark Schofield breaks down 3 of Jared Goff’s top throws from the Lions’ Week 13 win

Jared Goff had one of his most effective games in the last couple of seasons for the Detroit Lions on Sunday. The quarterback finally opened up the more vertical passing attack and showed confidence in both his own ability and his receiving corps.

It led to the first win of the season for the Lions and the first time Goff has ever won an NFL game without Rams head coach Sean McVay calling the shots for him.

Touchdown Wire’s quarterback guru, Mark Schofield, broke down three of the best throws from Goff in the Week 13 win over the Minnesota Vikings. Schofield walks through the play design, Goff’s mechanics and decision-making, and why the plays were successful. It’s a worthy use of 150 seconds of your time.

Watch: 3 throws by Baker Mayfield broken down by Mark Schofield

Schofield highlighted 3 of Mayfield’s best throws from the win over the Bengals and broke down why they worked

Baker Mayfield had one of the best games of his young career in the Cleveland Browns’ 41-16 romp in Cincinnati over the Bengals in Week 9. Mayfield’s excellent game at quarterback led the Browns through a tumultuous week and restored the team’s postseason viability.

Touchdown Wire’s quarterback guru Mark Schofield focused on three specific throws Mayfield made in the game. Schofield broke those three throws down as part of his weekly series highlighting different players and performances around the league. It’s a quick but informative video on some of the best of Baker on one of the Browns QB’s best days at a time when Cleveland sorely needed it.

Touchdown Wire’s Week 8 NFL Preview Podcast with Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield

Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield preview all the matchups in the NFL’s Week 8.

As the 2021 NFL season nears a halfway point that can no longer be calculated with a 17-game season, it’s time for Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield to get into all the Week 8 matchups with their usual tape breakdowns and advanced metrics!

Among the discussion topics this week:

  • How Aaron Rodgers could be in a world of trouble down his top targets against Arizona’s severely underrated defense;
  • How Joe Brady and Matt Rhule can adjust the timing of the passing game to eliminate Sam Darnold’s “vapor-lock”;
  • Why the Dolphins would be wise to bet long on Tua Tagovailoa, as opposed to going all in on Deshaun Watson (and why this matchup against the Bills is a terrible week to make that decision);
  • Two more ways in which Matt Nagy has practiced extreme coaching malpractice in the case of Justin Fields;
  • How Kevin Stefanski proved the doubters wrong without Baker Mayfield, and why he should do it again against the Steelers;
  • Why the Eagles need to start doing more than just hoping their garden grows;
  • Why the Titans need to be taken very seriously, despite a banged-up pass defense;
  • How Joe Burrow continues to grow as a quarterback beyond his years, and why Doug had to apologize to Lou Anarumo);
  • How the Texans have managed to play pretty decently in Cover-2, and why it won’t matter at all against Matthew Stafford and the Rams;
  • How Bill Belichick will array his defense against Justin Herbert this time around; and…
  • How Tom Brady is about to do the most incredible thing in NFL history.

Listen to the podcast on BlogTalk Radio:

And watch it on YouTube!

Touchdown Wire’s Week 5 NFL Preview Podcast with Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield

Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield go through all the stories and matchups in Week 5 of the 2021 NFL season.

It’s time for Week 5 of the 2021 NFL season, which means it’s also time for the Touchdown Wire Preview Podcast with Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield! This week, our intrepid analysts pose the following questions:

  • Why is Russell Wilson a slugger when he should be a volume puncher? 
  • Why does Zach Wilson have the worst pre-snap motion stats… maybe ever? 
  • Why should the Packers avoid any Cover-0 looks against Joe Burrow? 
  • Why do the Steelers keep running that flat pass to Najee Harris on fourth down when it never works? 
  • Why can’t the Dolphins decide on an offensive philosophy, and why should we give Richard Sherman after his tough outing against the Patriots? 
  • Why is Washington’s defense a complete tire fire? 
  • Why is Jalen Hurts leaving so many big plays on the field, and what does the Stephon Gilmore trade tell you about Carolina’s defensive philosophy? 
  • Why does Trevor Lawrence not have the head coach he deserves, and can we just be done with the Urban Meyer thing already? 
  • Will Mac Jones get off the Chad Pennington plan this season, and why does New England’s 2021 defense look a lot like New England’s 2019 defense (which is a really good thing)?
  • How will the Raiders counter Justin Fields and Bill Lazor’s mercifully great passing plan? (Hint: It’s not with that spot-drop country Cover-3 you guys play all the time). 
  • Why should the Browns be concerned about Baker Mayfield all of a sudden? 
  • And why are the Bills’ and Cardinals’ defenses leading the way for those teams, above and beyond their high-powered offenses? 

Listen to the podcast on BlogTalkRadio:

Or on Spotify:

And watch it on YouTube!

Touchdown Wire’s Week 4 NFL preview podcast with Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield

Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield go through all the stories Week 4 of the 2021 NFL season.

It’s time to get ready for Week 4 in the 2021 NFL season, and there’s a lot more to this week than the Brady-Belichick game, though that’s where Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield start in this week’s preview/matchup podcast. Using tape study and advanced metrics, here’s what Doug and Mark discussed this week:

  • Why Mac Jones, and not Tom Brady, will be the difference in Brady’s “revenge game;”
  • Why Trevor Lawrence is better than you may think, but it’s Joe Burrow who now has a full passing game to exploit;
  • Why Washington’s defense is struggling from front to back, and how even the Falcons (who rank dead last in Offensive DVOA this season) can make something of it;
  • How the Lions can get their first win of the season against a Bears offense that should have Matt Nagy escorted right out of Halas Hall;
  • Why the Panthers-Cowboys game might be the most interesting this week from a schematic perspective;
  • How Patrick Mahomes has gone from consistency to randomness, though it may not matter, as the Eagles’ offense has no identity;
  • Why Kirk Cousins will not find Cleveland’s new-look defense to be an easy test at all;
  • How the Cardinals can keep up with a Sean McVay/Matthew Stafford offense that has weaponized both McVay’s and Stafford’s best traits;
  • Why Pete Carroll had better throw the LOB out of his head and put a defensive game plan together for the players he actually has;
  • How the AFC West became a total toss-up, and why Jon Gruden might be doing the best coaching of his career;
  • And why the Steelers had better start thinking out loud about the game’s most important position.

Listen to the podcast on BlogTalk Radio:

And watch it on YouTube!

Watch: Breaking down Russell Wilson’s 4-touchdown game against the Colts

Watch Mark Schofield break down three throws from Wilson from his big day in Indianapolis.

Russell Wilson looked about as comfortable as we’ve ever seen him in the Seahawks’ 12-point win over the Colts. Wilson finished the afternoon having completed 78.3% of his passes, totaling 254 yards, four touchdowns and an 84.6 QBR.

Watch Mark Schofield break down three throws from Wilson from his big day in Indianapolis.

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Touchdown Wire names Seahawks DK Metcalf 15th-best outside receiver

Mark Schofield of Touchdown Wire names Seattle Seahawks DK Metcalf the 15th-best outside wide receiver in the NFL.

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett was named the third-best slot receiver in the game by Touchdown Wire, now it’s DK Metcalf’s turn for a little love.

Mark Schofield has ranked Metcalf No. 15 out of all the outside wide receivers in the league.

“Since entering the league Metcalf has been one of the most dangerous vertical receivers in the NFL, and 2020 was no exception,” Schofield writes. “He was targeted on 29 passes of more than 20 yards last season, according to charting data from Pro Football Focus, and turned those targets into 12 receptions for 480 yards and four touchdowns.

“The pairing of Metcalf with Russell Wilson, a great deep-ball thrower, is perfect for the Seattle offense.”

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The Touchdown Wire Conference Championship Preview Podcast with Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield

Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield detail the biggest Conference Championship stories with tape study and stat analysis.

It’s time for the Conference Championships! And it’s also time for Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield to break the games down with extensive tape study and statistical analysis.

First, Sunday’s games:

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Green Bay Packers, 3:05 p.m. EST, FOX

Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs, 6:40 p.m. EST, CBS

Among the topics discussed in this week’s podcast, which we’ve also touched on in our nine All-22 pieces this week:

The All-22: How each of the four remaining teams can advance to Super Bowl LV

  • Why one particular coverage could be the worst possible option for both the Packers and the Bucs;
  • How many times have the Packers’ off-ball linebackers pressured the quarterback all season?

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  • (Note: This is bad).
  • Why it doesn’t matter whether the Packers are running inside zone or Duo (Our friend Geoff Schwartz has a great explanation of the difference here) — the Packers will kick your ass either way;
  • How the Packers and Bucs each get big passing plays out of “12” personnel;
  • Why Vita Vea could be the difference in how this game goes;
  • How the Packers can reverse what Todd Bowles did to their offense in Week 6;
  • How Aaron Rodgers may have to revise his protection calls against Devin White;
  • How simulated pressure could be a real pain for Tom Brady, especially when Za’Darius Smith is involved;
  • How the Bills can fool Patrick Mahomes into red zone interceptions — and perhaps, pick-sixes;
  • Why Leslie Frazier is wrong about the idea that keeping Mahomes in the pocket is the best way to stop him (Hint: Mahomes killed the Bills and their two-high coverages in Week 6);
  • Why Frazier must instead find ways to pressure Mahomes with four as he wasn’t able to in that previous game;
  • How the Chiefs were able to make Josh Allen’s head explode in Week 6, and how Tyrann Mathieui and L’Jarius Sneed are the keys to making it happen again; and
  • How Bills-Chiefs could turn on Buffalo’s great red-zone offense vs. the Chiefs’ league-worst red-zone defense.

You can hear the podcast on BlogTalk Radio:

And watch it on YouTube!

The Touchdown Wire Week 16 NFL Podcast with Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield

Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield get into all the schematic stories for Week 16 in the NFL.

In this week’s podcast, Doug and Mark analyze the following:

  • Why pissed-off Aaron Rodgers could be a major problem for the Titans’ horrible man defense;
  • Is Jalen Hurts the next Dak Prescott?
  • Why Dwayne Haskins has even more problems on the field than off;
  • Why the Jared Goff plan is working better for Mitchell Trubisky than it’s working for Jared Goff right now;
  • Why the Falcons-Chiefs game could be a close one (Doug will absolutely regret making this point);
  • A whole bunch of NFL quarterbacks who are tucking the ball instead of taking deep shots (it’s not just Ben Roethlisberger!); and…
  • Are the Bills the only NFL team without a discernible weakness?

This and much more on the Touchdown Wire Week 16 NFL Podcast with Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield!

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