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Yes, you can argue it. All you have to do is watch the two different kinds operate. The spread QB will look to the sideline, get the call, and then snap the ball out of the shotgun. Watching a pro-style QB line up under center, the complexity of what he does in comparison to a spread QB is obvious. | ||
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You can pick on the I-form all you want, but it has always been and will remain the cornerstone of the NFL offense, and that is what Theismann is addressing. | ||
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| You need a power run game in the pros. You can't simply grab better players and spread people out. There are too many great athletes in the NFL. The weather across the country varies widely and you don't have the luxury of playing nearly all of your games in tropical weather. While you can introduce elements of the spread to keep people off balance, I don't think it will ever become anywhere close to typical in the NFL. | ||
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I'll go down the list here: I. I am convinced that you can run power out of the gun, especially out of the offset formations. It takes some tweaking, but it can be done. It may be that NFL teams don't commit to it or spend enough time with it to make it as successful as it could be, but I don't believe that a hand-off directed off-tackle from eight yards behind the LOS is the only (or best) way to run the football. I see many NFL teams use big sets and run into 9- and 10-man boxes for a 2-yard gain (if it's not a loss). I just don't see how that's very effective...getting men out of the box should be the goal, especially when the athletes are so good at that level. I see two major problems with running out of the gun: (1) You don't get a "running head start" before the QB/HB exchange...so the HB isn't up to "full speed." But if you have a back with above-average acceleration (and how many starting NFL QBs don't?), it shouldn't be an deal-breaker. (2) The formation "gives away" the direction of the run, if a running play is called. The delivery of the exchange, however, can change the target hole. I teach my QBs to open their stance a little bit (by dropping the inside foot) to facilitate a dive to the formation side. You don't have to cross the A/B-gap axis on a dive call. You can also build in quick counters to the same side. In fact, the HB may, in many cases, get to the LOS faster than a back out of traditional formations. What you lose in top-end speed at the LOS you can gain by reducing the amount of reaction time given to the defense. Weather also plays a factor in any system. Wind or rain affects Peyton Manning's game the same way it would a spread passing system. But many NFL teams play under a dome with controlled climates these days...for the expressed purpose of taking the elements OUT of the equation. Imo, weather is much more of an issue in college than it is in the NFL. II. I'm saying that those "things" that the NFL QBs have to do might possibly be improved by a spread system that ameliorates that difficulty. "Spread" QBs are struggling in the NFL not because they aren't talented enough or smart enough but because the mechanisms they've used to address the problem of reads and such are completely different...not necessarily "inferior." Theisman wants to attribute that to the inferiority of the "spread" system, but that's BS. Forcing anyone into a system with which they're not familiar will create difficulties and generate a learning curve; pro-style-to-spread will be just as difficult (or maybe even less so considering the benefits I've discussed). III. I'm not picking on the I-form, necessarily....we can substitute any of the "NFL" packages: the pro-set, the weak- and strong sets, or even the ace packages. It's the same philosophy. | |||
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Stafford called the plays at the LOS on nearly 70% of the offensive plays, according to CMR. He had a set to choose from, but selected one based on the defense he was reading. You think differently, but I don't think that the option of taking off and running because you can't find an open receiver is a positive for a QB. That isn't making a read, that is giving up and running instead. That works in college, but will never work in the NFL when a Ray Lewis is there to put you in the hospital for such an attempt. | ||
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Concerning the article, this is exactly what we've been telling you Gator homers. Alex Smith, the whole deal. But I see the tune has changed now, now you don't care about his pro career. I see what you guys are doing there. | ||
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| You know how we fix this right? We take out the defenses and start running the spread in the NFL! I would have to say, it would make watching pro football a whole lot more fun. | ||
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| The kid is a winner and should find a way to transfer that to the NFL. The only real problem I see is can he change his mechanics and learn a new offense to succeed in the NFL? I have heard that he has ran the same offense basically from high school straight to college. So the extra year at UF is only going to prolong the changes he will need to learn to make it at the next level. Yeah I heard that Meyer is bringing in another coach specifically to help Tebow get better under center but we all know if he doesn't win games Meyer doesn't look good so I don't expect to see tebow under center this year unless UF is up on some high school team by 50 and Meyer calls an under center play to try and get tebow some UC reps and run up the score. | ||
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