Originally Posted by tk13:
I don't think this will last forever because running QBs rarely do, but remember Greg Roman was doing this almost 10 years ago with Kaepernick. Hard to say that's a fluke.
And then defenses started stifling him because he was never that great of a thrower. It’s eerily similar to Jackson IMO [Reply]
Originally Posted by 493rd:
Remember the wildcat? It was similar in popularity when Miami was running it and Ronnie Brown was making lots look stupid. It lasted about a year before NFL defenses figured it out. This too shall pass give it time.
That's a bad comp. The wildcat was never going to last because there was no passing threat and no QB on the field.
This is a pretty typical read option/RPO offense. Jackson's mobility and ability to throw is what makes it hard to stop. There isn't much in this offense that is unlike what you see all over college. And for as much as people bitch about college offenses, that's where the Chiefs' RPO packages came from, and it's where the spread came from.
If you stack the box to stop the run, he can hit his TE's or Brown deep. If you play a traditional defense, they can run it down your throat. Is it sustainable? Probably not over 10+ years, but it's not a matter of just dusting off schemes to run against the Wing T, which is all the wildcat really was. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
That's a bad comp. The wildcat was never going to last because there was no passing threat and no QB on the field.
This is a pretty typical read option/RPO offense. Jackson's mobility and ability to throw is what makes it hard to stop. There isn't much in this offense that is unlike what you see all over college. And for as much as people bitch about college offenses, that's where the Chiefs' RPO packages came from, and it's where the spread came from.
If you stack the box to stop the run, he can hit his TE's or Brown deep. If you play a traditional defense, they can run it down your throat. Is it sustainable? Probably not over 10+ years, but it's not a matter of just dusting off schemes to run against the Wing T, which is all the wildcat really was.
Correct, but the entire league was enamored by it when it was working and that’s what I’m referring to primarily. [Reply]