Tom Brady runs a college offense

[TD_washingtonredskins]

I'm relatively confident that people will look back in 10 years and acknowledge that we did something special. People don't waste time criticizing things that don't concern them. I strongly believe we will be a lasting contender in the NFL.

[EBoz]

That's all I've got. Carry on.

[TD_washingtonredskins]

49ers are sort of experimenting with it with Kaepernick. I have to think that Harbaugh drafted him knowing he could run this, and his ability to bring that added threat is in large part why he's won the job.
~Bang

If you take a step back and look at what Harbaugh did to essentially copy the success we are having on offense, it's almost unprecedented. He shook up a team that had gone to (and probably should have won) the NFC Championship Game last year and was steamrolling again this year just to introduce elements of our offense.

That's quite the compliment.

[rdskn4eva]

I think Aikman said it best on PTI

"20 years ago, the NFL was influencing what has happening at the college level, now the College level is influencing what is happening at the NFL level."

[armstrong001]

Since football began it has followed a pattern.
Offense innovates.
defense adapts.
Offense must innovate again.

Predicting our offense won't last is like predicting I'll die someday.

eventually there will be a defense that is developed that will stop this. And then the cycle begins anew.

This is pro football. There's no such thing in pro football as a college offense. if it works against pros, it's a pro offense.

As with any defense, the challenge is simple. Stop it, or shut up. Calling it a 'college offense' after it beats you doesn't change the result

~Bang

If 10 years down the road offenses have switched to these types of "college" spread option game plans, and defensive players get smaller with more stamina to keep up against no-huddle attacks, some coach is going to go back to running full house backfields and power running plays. And be called a genious.

[Monk4thaHALL]

... Aikman ...

"20 years ago, the NFL was influencing what has happening at the college level, now the College level is influencing what is happening at the NFL level."

He wasn't the first to say it, bu those are true, true words.

[Hitman21ST]

If 10 years down the road offenses have switched to these types of "college" spread option game plans, and defensive players get smaller with more stamina to keep up against no-huddle attacks, some coach is going to go back to running full house backfields and power running plays. And be called a genious.

It's the circle of life



...er, football.

[Monk4thaHALL]

If 10 years down the road offenses have switched to these types of "college" spread option game plans, and defensive players get smaller with more stamina to keep up against no-huddle attacks, some coach is going to go back to running full house backfields and power running plays. And be called a genious.

It's happening in Stanford with David Shaw ...

(who I actually think has a copy of "Pop" Warner's 1924 playbook).

Same could be said of Harbaugh with SF, even though he wrinkles in the Kaepernick pistol, read option.

[GoDeep81]

Their already starting to shy away from the "College" term and giving it more "Pro" acceptable names, such as the "pistol, read option".. By next year it'll probably be the "New East Offense"...

[Bang]

If you take a step back and look at what Harbaugh did to essentially copy the success we are having on offense, it's almost unprecedented. He shook up a team that had gone to (and probably should have won) the NFC Championship Game last year and was steamrolling again this year just to introduce elements of our offense.

That's quite the compliment.

You got THAT right.

~Bang

[illone]

I cant imagine how efficient this offense will be once we are running 90 plays per game. We'll be scoring 50+ per game.

RG3 will be so deadly running the no-huddle type tempo, I cant wait to see it through an entire game.

[MustangSteve]

I never knew the run&shoot was a college offense and thats what the Pats turned to 4 years ago. Thats was the offense that took them 18-0 till the loss to NY. This same offense would thrive in Washington with the field wide open and a back who could bust chunks of yards through the middle. And it makes defenses stay on their heals, but so does our pistol and I love this offense we got!

[omarm]

Offense is offense if it works people need to shutup

[Die Hard]

Wildcat got adapted to rather quickly because the amount of teams running it.

(1) To address the original content of your post... one could take away then, that the real genius in coaching is NOT to have a specific system... but to implement a system that maximizes the talent on your roster.

(2) Misdirection is misdirection. The reason why teams got away from the Single Wing (ie. Wildcat) was because NOBODY has an athlete that was good enough to throw it with any consistency. So it turned into a limited running game which benefited defenses greatly once they figured it out. How many passing TD`s did you see out of the wildcat after Ronnie Brown thrown a couple early on.

The problem with running the Single Wing or the Read Option in the NFL are the same. It`s nearly impossible to find an athlete that can be a primary running back but also a legitimate passer to keep the defenses honest. And then when you finally do... you don`t want to run it as your primary offense because you have a once-in-a-generation athlete and your exposing him to a pounding (ie. greater risk of injury).

Which is why teams include the offense in certain packages... but they`d never run it full-time.

At the end of the day... having a QB that is an athlete and a legitimate threat to run the ball makes every offensive scheme better. That`s just 1 more player defenses have to defend.... and most NFL defenses haven`t had to adjust to that extra player for a long time because NFL offenses were favoring a drop-back passer which is much easier to defend (right Justin Tuck).

The extra playmaker on offense... in addition to pulling offensive linemen (outnumber your opponent at the POA)... is why the Single Wing is deadly. But you have to have a legitimate passing game when you play better defenses (with better athletes than yours).

[CoolHandLuke]

If 10 years down the road offenses have switched to these types of "college" spread option game plans, and defensive players get smaller with more stamina to keep up against no-huddle attacks, some coach is going to go back to running full house backfields and power running plays. And be called a genious.

Oregon runs a similar "hurry up/no huddle" offense, but choked against Stanford. Anyone think Derek Mason, their DC, will transition well in the NFL to stop teams running those offenses? It's also noteworthy that he comes from a DB background. He was the Vikings DB coach for a couple years, Stanfords DB coach for a year, and now he's the Defensive Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach/DB's coach. We have a guy similar to that in Raheem Morris, minus the AssistantHC/DC title.