This story appears in ESPN The Magazines September 5 NFL Preview Issue. Subscribe today!A DRENCHED AND exhausted Matt Ryan walks off the Falcons steamy practice field and drops into his seat in the shade with an exaggerated groan. As if practicing in the Georgia heat werent hard enough, the nine-year veteran and three-time Pro Bowl passer also had to contend with his own offensive coordinator in coverage. Kyle Shanahan nearly broke the internet when he jumped in front of a Ryan pass floating toward the end zone -- the ensuing interception was a preseason gift for the ever-ready army of trolls. (Relax, everyone, the coach was actually teaching his rookie tight end about route depth.)Ryan laughed off the viral spiral. In 2015, even while struggling to grasp Shanahans new scheme, he still ranked fifth in passing yards (4,591) and was the NFLs most accurate passer under pressure. Which is why we thought hed be perfect to offer a tutorial on the current defensive evolution.THE MAG: Heres a number that jumps out: In 2012, there were seven QBs with an average release time under 2.5 seconds. ?In 2015, there were almost triple that, 20. Is that what defenses have done, forced nearly everyone on offense to move faster?RYAN: Pressure schemes are much different than they were nine years ago, no question about it. That pressure forces offenses to route-adjust and throw quicker and get the ball out of the QBs hands. For me, pressure is when they overload one part of your protection. If youre in five-man protection and youve got three guys blocking one way and two guys sliding the other and they figure out how to bring three guys to that short side? To me, thats pressure. Thats the biggest thing thats changed. Nine years ago, if you had five-man protection and they brought five people, there wasnt enough design on defense for them to still get you. Now defenses are dropping out tackles and ends, bringing certain linebackers on certain sides, all this extra design to make the numbers not right from a quarterbacks perspective. What you end up with is perceived pressure, which is just as bad. That part has been increasingly difficult and probably leads to why so many guys are getting the ball out quicker.Part of that new design is specialty personnel packages on what seems like every down now.In the past, it was all about third downs. Second downs, you never had to worry. Now you do. One of the areas thats changed is second-and-7 or second-and-long, where youre in a passing situation. Now you see a lot of specialty packages come out. Its much more prevalent. Early on in my career, we didnt even used to break down second-and-long. Thats how much things have changed.What does that look like from the pocket?It looks like nothing, and thats the challenge. Its now become about reading the defensive front, the way theyre lining people up. But it doesnt look like it has any kind of structure to it. Youve got five guys just walking around. Thats one of the things you see more and more of: nobody with their hand in the dirt. So now you come to the line of scrimmage and on top of everything else you have ?to first identify who the bigs [defensive tackles] are, who the ends are and who the linebackers are. Thats tough to do.The idea of a classic matchup between a teams best edge rusher and your giant left tackle seems so antiquated. Then you realize that it was, like, five years ago.Thats so different now. Defenses have changed in how they move those guys around so much to try to find your weakest spot and put their best guy there to expose that. When I was getting into the league, you knew exactly where Julius Peppers was gonna line up. But now, with guys like J.J. Watt -- he could be lined up outside, he could be on the left side, he could be on the right side, it doesnt make a difference. Hes an equal-opportunity pass rusher -- he goes after everybody from anywhere.Watt is also part of this new trend of hybrid defensive players.Thats probably the biggest change: hybrid guys. Look at our rookies: DeVondre Campbell [fourth-round pick from Minnesota]. You never used to see a linebacker like this, 6-4 and 232 and runs a 4.58. He flies. Back in the day, youd never have a tight end on a linebacker in third-down situations. It was always a safety walking up. But now with a guy like Keanu Neal [6-0, 211-pound rookie safety, first-round pick from Florida], these guys are interchangeable. You slide him outside and then theyve got you thinking, OK, now we need to pass-protect for a linebacker. Youre looking for the backer and then, instead, he covers the tight end and they bring a safety off the edge. They got me on that just the other day in practice.Has it gotten to the point where defenses force you to study and prepare and think so much that you end up with paralysis at ?the line of scrimmage?Thats why its so important now to throw everything out from the previous week. Delete everything from your memory and focus on just that next scheme -- thats the biggest thing now about being a quarterback. Every week its different schemes, different pressures, different hybrids to worry about, so its control-alt-delete and on to the next defense and then control-alt-delete and on to the next one, for the entire season. If you start seeing ghosts from past games or past schemes, youre just back there thinking too much, like, Is this this defense or that defense? Am I checking this play off this key or that key? Thats not what you want to happen.Besides the mental pressure applied by the defense, theres pressure on fundamentals to be as efficient as possible, right?The big thing in throwing now, you have to be able to throw from any platform because the timing of when things are open is really short and theres so many variables that affect your footwork. Your feet could be facing right, but things change or break down and now I need to throw left. My hips are facing this way, but, same thing, uh-oh, now I need to throw the other way. Footwork, flexibility, changing arm angles, all those things are very important now because you never really know how a pocket is going to shake out.If you were teaching a young QB to face this next generation of defenses, where would you start?See spots. Thats my thing now. The older Ive gotten, the more thats become my thing. Dont worry so much about where defenders should be or where theyre supposed to be or all those kinds of things. Just see spots. And design most of your pass plays to be spot-read instead of coverage-based. Instead of getting loaded down thinking, In this coverage, Im going here; in that coverage, Im going there. With so many hybrid players, so many variations of schemes and so much pressure up front and all the things that defenses can do, the way to combat all that is to see spots.Aaron Rodgers told me the game moves so fast now, all you really can read are flashes of space and color. Is that what you mean?Windows, yes. You start with a general idea of the coverage, but whats more important now is if youve got a post route thats going [to the deep middle], I need to be seeing this spot of the field, with ?this spacing, and if that windows not open within this certain timing, then you move on to that next spot and then to the next spot. Youve got to feel it now more than ever.Do these snapshots open and close like a camera lens? And can you prolong them?Yes, so the key becomes doing things like having your head facing this way to fool the defense, but actually Im looking at this lens over here, watching out of the corner of my eye to see if it opens, without showing the defense thats what Im doing. Being able to move somebody to create that little bit of extra space needed to fit ?the ball in there, thats whats important for quarterbacks now. Its about kinesthetic awareness. Spatial awareness. The game moves so fast now, understanding space by reading body language is probably the most important thing.Were into neurology and subconscious processing. I mean, when QBs get together, do you guys lament the good old simple days, like five years ago?We are under constant barrage in the pocket now. Facing it requires a certain feel, a sixth sense. Because the minute youre looking at the edge rush and not downfield, youre toast. Thats what separates quarterbacks now, the ability to process all that information in a millisecond, make a good decision based off that snapshot and then to physically be able to get the ball to where you want it to go.I just realized we havent even gotten to all the physical challenges of playing QB yet.Exactly. Baratas Air Max 270 Flyknit Marrones/Metallic Plata/Negras . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. Air Max 270 Baratas España . Vettel, who has already clinched his fourth straight F1 title, enters the finale with a chance to equal Michael Schumachers 13 victories in a year and match the record of nine consecutive wins by Alberto Ascari in the 1952 and 1953 seasons. http://www.airmax270blancas.com/baratas-air-max-270-barely-grises-claro-pumice-fuchsia-blast-negras.html .Y. - New Orleans forward Anthony Davis was chosen Friday to replace the injured Kobe Bryant in the NBA All-Star game that will be played in his home city. 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Two innings later, he was carted off the field with a right shoulder injury.Running out a grounder, Gomes stepped awkwardly on first base as he tried to avoid the swipe tag of first baseman Kennys Vargas, who was pulled off the bag on the throw from third baseman Eduardo Nunez. Gomes landed on his shoulder as he tumbled to the ground.As far as I know its kind of like a shoulder separation, he said. Im going to Cleveland to be checked out and well know more later.Manager Terry Francona said Gomes, who has started 63 games behind the plate, will end up on the disabled list with a corresponding roster move forthcoming, most likely a recall of Roberto Perez, who left Triple-A Columbus game Sunday.Things like this happen, Francona said. Hopefully, youre prepared so it doesnt get in the way of what youre trying to do.Chris Gimenez had two RBI off the bench as the division-leading Indians won for just the third time in eight games.Gimenez replaced Gomes and hit a two-run single in the sixth for a 4-0 lead.Its extremely unfortunately for the team, for him number one, but my heart goes out to the guy, Gimenez said. He literally cannot get a break.Tomlin (10-2), who gave up eight runs -- including a season-high five earned -- in 4 2/3 innings against Detroit in his previous outing July 6, looked more like the pitcher that had six straight quality starts before that outing. He allowed six hits and struck out four against the Twins.Minnesota had two runners on in the first, but just three over the next four innings as Tomlin breezed through the Minnesota lineup. He retired 11 straight before Max Kepler hoomered in the sixth.ddddddddddddI think mainly the offense put up enough runs and just let me go out there and settle in a little bit, he said. We were able to execute pitches when we needed to.Gibson (2-6) allowed a season-high 10 hits and four earned runs in six innings. He struck out four.We were going to see how aggressive they were going to be, Gibson said. They really showed more patience today than we probably expected.Napoli homered into the second deck in left field for a 1-0 lead in the second. It was his 20th of the season -- and second in three games -- to tie Carlos Santana for the team lead.Three straight two-out singles by Cleveland in the fifth inning increased the lead to 2-0 when Francisco Lindors RBI single scored Santana.Tyler Naquin homered in the eighth and Jason Kipnis in the ninth.TRAINERS ROOMIndians: RHP Tommy Hunter was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a non-displaced fracture in his lower back. Cleveland recalled RHP Cody Anderson from Triple-A Columbus to replace him. Francona said Hunter was carrying his child during the All-Star break and tripped on a stair, injuring his back protecting the child. Hunter still felt pain while throwing Saturday and an MRI found the fracture.Twins: General manager Terry Ryan said 3B Trevor Plouffe, on the disabled list since July 2 with a fractured left rib, is making progress, but theres still some things when hes sleeping and moving.UP NEXTIndians: Corey Kluber (9-8, 3.61), who earned the win at the All-Star Game with a scoreless inning, takes to the mound Monday in Kansas City against the Royals Edinson Volquez (8-8, 4.85). Since June 5, Kluber is 5-2 with a 2.79 ERA, allowing more than two earned runs just twice.Twins: Coming off consecutive quality starts, Ricky Nolasco (4-7, 5.22) is scheduled to be on the mound as the Twins open a three-game series Monday in Detroit. Matt Boyd (0-2, 5.77) is scheduled to start for the Tigers. 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