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a.k.a. you shouldn't spend time being baffled over things like football playbooks
In short, playbooks are modified before each game with plays designed to run against the next opponent. For example, your opponent's defensive line is small and you believe you can run the ball right at them, you design a lot of running plays that follow your offensive linemen. The playbook applies to offense, defense, and special teams, and also includes the audibles for the quarterback (the signals the QB calls when he thinks the play called in the huddle won't work against the type of defense he sees). Basically, if I was playing against your team and I knew your playbook, I would know exactly what play you were running at all times, so, on offense, I would know exactly where the weak point is, and could likely score on every single play. On defense, I would know if you were running or throwing, and usually I would know exactly the person the play was designed for. The score would wind up something similar to a contest of the St. Louis Rams versus Mount Washington High School's J.V. team.
Equating a football playbook to real life, I would think it is like a diary. Whoever took your diary would have all sorts of information about you, including some items you probably didn't want publicized. While a playbook doesn't (usually) include phone numbers, it does have some secret plays, perhaps never used by the team in a game before, designed to help them win the upcoming game.
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