Most football fans believe star players know significantly more about the game than they do. Sometimes, they don't. Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre, in his third NFL season and second as the Green Bay starter, didn't know some of the most fundamental aspects of defensive alignments in football. "I would always sit in these...

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I have heard the story before. It's only partially true. Brett may not have known the terminology the defense uses but he knew how to read the defense.

Today do you think a QB cares if Dom calls his DL the "Psycho" formation or "Tulips"? No. Call it whatever you want. I only care if the QB gets the correct reads.

Originally Posted by: wpr 

As long as the other team' s offense doesn't "Tiptoe through the tulips".😝 😂

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 

I have heard the story before. It's only partially true. Brett may not have known the terminology the defense uses but he knew how to read the defense.

Today do you think a QB cares if Dom calls his DL the "Psycho" formation or "Tulips"? No. Call it whatever you want. I only care if the QB gets the correct reads.

Originally Posted by: wpr 

Sometimes ignorance is bliss. You don't have to be a genius to see a WR is starting to separate from his coverage. If you have the arm, nothing else matters. I don't see what the big deal is about this, or why it keeps being brought up as this "OMG a Hall of Fame QB didn't know what a Nickel defense was". The knowledge of a defense comes in handy when you're being blitzed and need to spot the extra blitzer and then make sure they are picked up. Otherwise, you get murder killed.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool