On this Best of 2025 episode of the Coach and Coordinator Network, we revisit one of the year’s most impactful conversations from Alert the Post, featuring Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur. The episode stood out for its clear, practical breakdown of how modern NFL offenses create clarity for quarterbacks and skill players amid increasingly complex defensive structures.
LaFleur explains how offensive structure — ranging from progression philosophy to run-game efficiency and play-action design helps players process faster, play with confidence, and execute consistently. Rather than emphasizing volume or complexity, the conversation highlights why clarity and shared teaching language matter more than carrying more plays.
Hosted by Bobby Peters, the discussion focuses on why concepts work, not just what they look like on the board, making it especially valuable for coaches at every level seeking to translate pro-level ideas into teachable systems.
This Best of 2025 re-air also coincides with the release of the — a tool built entirely from Alert the Post conversations to help coaches evaluate structure, spacing, leverage, and quarterback decision-making. For coaches pursuing cleaner offense, better communication, and faster decisions, this episode is an essential listening.
Chapters:
-Why This Episode Made the Best of 2025
-Offensive Clarity in Modern NFL Systems
-Helping Quarterbacks Play Faster
-Pure Progression Philosophy
-Run Game Efficiency and Structure
-Play-Action Design Against Complex Defenses
-Teaching Language and Repetition
-Simplifying Offense Without Losing Efficiency
-Alert the Post Framework and Decision-Making
-Technology and AI as Coaching Companions
How to Use the Alert the Post – Football Decision-Making Companion
The Alert the Post AI Companion is designed to help coaches think more clearly, not to tell them what to run.
This tool is built entirely from Alert the Post podcast conversations and Coach and Coordinator Network content. It helps coaches clarify offensive and defensive structure, decision-making, teaching language, and situational football without speculation or generic advice.
Use this companion to:
- Diagnose why something is breaking down
- Simplify concepts without losing answers
- Improve quarterback decision-making clarity
- Understand spacing, leverage, and structure on offense and defense
- Translate scheme into teachable rules
- Align staff language and thinking
Do NOT use this companion to:
- Ask for play calls or play designs
- Build a game plan or call sheet
- Scout opponents or break down film
- Replace coaching judgment or staff discussion
This AI works best as a thinking partner before practice, after games, or during staff planning—not as a solution generator.
How to Get the Most Value
When interacting with the companion:
- Ask why questions, not what should I run
- Frame problems, not outcomes
- Think in terms of structure, spacing, and decisions
- Use it to pressure-test your thinking, not replace it
If something is outside the scope of the knowledge base, the AI will tell you—that’s intentional.
Starter Prompts for Coaches
Use one of the starters below to begin. You can copy and paste directly, then adjust based on your role or context.
Offense – Starter 1
QB Decision-Making & Teaching
I’m an offensive coach trying to understand why our quarterback hesitates or plays slow at times. Using the Alert the Post framework, help me think through this from a progression, spacing, and teaching standpoint.
Offense – Starter 2
Simplifying Without Losing Answers
Our offense feels like it has answers but not clarity. Help me think through how the Alert the Post coaches approach simplifying concepts while still preserving counters and constraints.
Defense – Starter
Run Game Diagnosis
From a defensive perspective, help me think through why a run game might be hurting us even when we’re schematically sound. Frame this around technique, fronts, spacing, and coverage—without prescribing fixes.
Defense – Starter 2
Handling Modern Offensive Stress
Using Alert the Post discussions, help me think through how defenses handle motion, bunches, and personnel multiplicity while maintaining structural integrity.
Final Note for Coaches
This companion won’t give you more plays.
It helps you need fewer.
Use it to sharpen your thinking, improve your teaching, and align your staff—then take it back to the field.