In this article Tanier suggests that defenses will also be affected by the lockout, but to a lesser extent since “confusion favors the defense.”
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Packers Offense: Why Tricky Does Not Mean Complex
In a recent article on NBC, Football Outsiders senior writer Mike Tanier wrote a piece on how the lockout might have a detrimental affect NFL offenses. The reasoning is pretty simple, with less time to prepare and train players due to the lockout, playbooks and offensive philosophies that are considered “tricky” are going to be harder to execute than “simple” offenses and therefore put “tricky” offenses at a disadvantage.