Today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, The Game Plan, features former coach Terry Shea, who does consulting work for future NFL Draft prospects. He’s served as the Chicago Bears offensive coordinator as well as quarterbacks coach for the Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins and St. Louis Rams. The Game Plan is a weekly in-season feature that shares thematic ideas that can help coaches and teams once the season begins. Today’s focus will be “next man up.”

Show notes

• 1:15 How to get quarterbacks ready to step in
• 4:46 Ideas for how many plays the backup quarterbacks need to know
• 7:07 Regularly inserting the backup QB into games
• 8:52 The evolution of the “wildcat”
• 12:02 Rotating players to let them rest
• 13:43 Increasing practice reps
• 16:12 Using virtual reality and simulations to get mental reps
• 18:14 Practice 2-minute drills with backups
• 20:19 Coaching staff needs to help raise team morale and confidence

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