BALTIMORE, MD – SEPTEMBER 11: Joe Flacco #5 of the Baltimore Ravens passes against the Pittsburgh Steelers at M&T Bank Stadium on September 11, 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens defeated the Steelers 35-7. (Photo by Larry French/Getty Images)
Baltimore Ravens replace playbooks with iPads
This combines my two favorite things: the Baltimore Ravens and Technology. Alas, my favorite team was the second in the NFL to adapt, but the specs on their custom Playbook app seems pretty beefy:
The Ravens’ biggest challenge was security of sensitive information.
But they’ve taken considerable measures to ensure the playbook stays in-house. If a user gets their password wrong three times, the iPad is wiped clean. There are also “time bombs” that can erase a playbook after each game.
What’s more, Megan McLaughlin, Executive Assistant to the Coaching Staff, controls what gets uploaded to the cloud and can remotely delete anything.
“My biggest worry was someone intercepting it through a download,” said Fusee. “We’re using 256-bit encryption, which is Department of Defense level.”
Tampa Bay Buccaneers using iPads as playbooks
Finally: a NFL team embraces technology and can stop going through playbooks the size of phone books. It’s what some MLB Clubs have been doing for a while with iPod Touch devices (loading up film of batters from upcoming opponents and giving them to their pitching staffs).
My long, national nightmare is over
So the NFL may be back. Or not. But apparently a deal was struck at 3:00am, which is obviously good news.
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The picture is pretty great.
It’s always sad to see your season end
Hopefully there is football next season. Ray Lewis needs another ring.
It’s shit like this, NFL Officials
Blatant Steelers flop on what should have been a Lardarius Webb return for a TD. I’m not of the blame-the-officials crowd, but the crew that the NFL assigned to this game was the wrong one — they obviously don’t understand AFC North football.
NFL preparing to embed accelerometers in player equipment
It makes sense… unlike the 18 game season, or the entire alignment of the NFC East division.
Playoff experience is simply a chess match, and that's what happens with experience. Talent is one thing. Your first, second, third quarter, talent is doing great, but then that fourth quarter, experience and playoff knowledge on what you do in these tight situations and what you do against this or against that, that's where it all clicks in at. So for us coming in, we understand that we're a veteran ballclub, that we have the right pieces in the right places that have been there.Ray Lewis
Bring on the Chiefs. The Ravens need to take on New England and humiliate them at home for a second consecutive postseason.
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