Masterfully blending thought provoking analysis with engrossing storytelling, The Art of Smart Football examines football’s most innovative and enduring strategies and ideas, through the lens of the sport’s best coaches and players. The Art of Smart Football is an eye-opening, fascinating and accessible contribution to our understanding of America’s favorite sport. The Art of Smart Football features analysis of football’s top strategists and schemes, including:

Pete Carroll’s aggressive defense
Chip Kelly’s spread offense and new-school methods
The roots of Bill Belichick’s defensive genius
Gus Malzahn’s up-tempo offense
The strategies Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, and Aaron Rodgers use to shred defenses
Art Briles and Baylor’s wide open attack
Nick Saban’s defensive evolution The book also includes explorations of the newest trends in football, including packaged plays that combine runs and passes into one play, pattern match defenses that blend man-to-man and zone pass coverages, how defenses are responding to the spread offense, and much more.

Praise for The Art of Smart Football

The Art of Smart Football made me a smarter football writer … Football, as presented by these coaches and by Brown, is such an imaginative game. It’s a great read: Go buy it.

– Peter King, The MMQB/Sports Illustrated

A must read if you are a football junkie.

– Trent Dilfer, ESPN/13-year NFL Veteran Quarterback

The best analysis in the game today.

– Rolling Stone

Awesome stuff. I recommend The Art of Smart Football to any coach or fan.

– Matt Bowen, ESPN Columnist/NFL Veteran

When Chris B. Brown releases a book, you should buy it.

– Bill Barnwell, Grantland/ESPN

A deep dive into football. Highly recommended.
– Field Yates, ESPN

The Art of Smart Football is a perfect read for anyone looking to take their knowledge of the game up a notch.
– ElevenWarriors.com