Team's playbook - after trades?

Question

What happens in regards to the playbook when a team trades a player? Since the traded or released player knows all the team's plays do they have to gather everyone and say we're starting from scratch or is there a clause that the traded player must not describe his old team's play calling or signals? I find that highly unlikely however.

Answer 1

its probably a minor factor..

Answer 2

Have you ever seen the offical team playbook? Farve showed his on television and said it contained over 3,000 plays. A pro player needs to memorize about 34 plays and a reverse (having the primary receiver being on the right instead of the left) makes it 68 plays. Plays are often drawn up or picked after the draft based on ther capabilities of the players and the supposed capabilities of the opponents. Coaches already copy the "good" plays from other teams (because they watch all the games on tape). When the zone blitz or the west coast offense came out, teams were already practicing it. Plays are always being adjusted in the game too. The biggest theat is signals but they have their own ideas how to get by that from multiple signal sources to scripted plays.

Answer 3

In pro football, a teams offensive plays are broken into segments that the qb uses to call the play to the team. The first segment is usually the formation, followed by the line blocking sheme, then the receiver route package or blocking package , followed by the motion scheme, then the running back instruction - which will be either their blocking/ pass routes. or the hole designation the play is designed to run to for a rushing play.All of these instructions are generally designated a code word or phrase. So a play is called by using five or six different words. When a player with significant knowledge leaves the team, these phrases and codes can be changed without having to change the whole playbook.

Answer 4

i dont think it really matters cuz the players would have been focusing on their own specific positions plays.