re: How are NFL players able to memorize plays and recall them during games?

Lol at some in this thread.

No, it's not NASA-level rocket science, but these NFL play books are not the high school playbooks yal are talking about memorizing. As someone said, this isn't pure memorizing, you have to understand concepts. It's the difference between a multiple choice exam and a written essay.

To truly know the playbook and be executable you have to understand the concepts. The WR has to understand how the routes are designed to attack a defense so they can adjust on the fly to defensive coverages. The OL has to understand almost every OL's responsibilities as OLs only work if they execute as one.

It's insanely difficult and takes some people over a year as some said.