John Wolford

I originally wrote this article for The Athletic on January 27th, 2024. Pundits acclaim the skill of the play callers at the top of their game right now and a good majority come from the Sean McVay/Kyle Shanahan tree. If those two are the trunk, then the branches include

Sean Parker has a famous quote that says, “Running a start-up is like eating glass. You just start to like the taste of your own blood.” You can switch “running a start-up” to “playing NFL quarterback” and that quote holds true. The quarterback position is hard. It requires a consistent

Pick up a ball, throw routes. Rinse, repeat. This was how my throwing workouts were structured as a high school and college player. No thought was put into undulating volume to ensure my arm did not fall off, when and how to integrate game-like movements into my throwing, pre and

What is 11 personnel? What is nickel defense? These terms, though perhaps esoteric to the uninitiated, are the keys to understanding a layer in the cake of football strategy. Each grouping, from the common 11 personnel to the less frequent grouping of 13 personnel, prompts a specific defensive counter, affecting

There's an art to perfecting the quarterback position, and while many players and fans might only focus on the arm strength or decision-making prowess of a quarterback, the mechanics of what happens directly under the center are often underappreciated, yet crucial. My entire career from high school through

Description Explore quarterbacking on this podcast with Tampa Bay Buccaneers' quarterback and co-founder of Kinetex, John Wolford. In a detailed episode of the 'Coach and Coordinator Podcast', John collaborates with Dub Maddox, shedding light on a variety of topics. The episode touches on offensive strategy, the decoding