I’ve got a question about the “script” that some teams use for their first 15 plays or so to start a game. My question is: do these scripts contain any contingencies for down and distance, or are they just a fixed 15 plays that the team is committing to run regardless of success?
Say the Giants have a script, and the first play is a screen. Screens have a wide range out outcomes. They can lose 4 yards if they get blown up, be incomplete, or also gain yards. So in the scripting situation, will the next play call be the same regardless of whether it is 2nd and 1 or 2nd and 14?
Just don’t have an idea of how rigid the script is and would love any insight into how it’s used.
Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving BBI’ers.
1st down
2nd and long
2nd and mid
2nd and short
3rd and long
3rd and mid
3rd and short
From this there is a few special ones that they know will run in the first drive. I dont think its fully scripted. But maybe im completely off.
If you keep going 3 and out, though, you could spend half the game on the script, so there must be contingencies.