[MustardtheBallCarrier]

Basic premise of the article seems right to me.  Without saying spread offenses are gimmicky or worse than traditional pro systems, the fact of the matter is that spread offenses put less on the QB.  There is a more limited playbook and the QB is not generally asked to make checks or audibles at the line of scrimmage.  By and large they are taking shotgun snaps and throwing to the first read on plays spoon-fed from the sideline.  No question the spread is enormously successful in high school and college.  In the pros, there is good reason to think a pure spread scheme can't be as successful.  Defenses are more complicated and better athletes can cover more of the field (to say nothing of the rules differences that give pro defenses slight advantages relative to college defenses).  There is every reason to think that a Kevin Hogan type is going to be more prepared mentally to play in the pros than a Bryce Petty type, simply because Hogan is asked to do so much more before the play starts.

Spread concepts will continue to be implemented in the NFL and talented spread QBs will eventually carve out successful pro careers.  I wouldn't put any current spread QBs in the pros in that category yet, though I would concede a few names are close.  Until then, the burden of proof is on the spread QB to show he can have sustained success in the NFL. 

[MustardtheBallCarrier]

Basic premise of the article seems right to me.  Without saying spread offenses are gimmicky or worse than traditional pro systems, the fact of the matter is that spread offenses put less on the QB.  There is a more limited playbook and the QB is not generally asked to make checks or audibles at the line of scrimmage.  By and large they are taking shotgun snaps and throwing to the first read on plays spoon-fed from the sideline.  No question the spread is enormously successful in high school and college.  In the pros, there is good reason to think a pure spread scheme can't be as successful.  Defenses are more complicated and better athletes can cover more of the field (to say nothing of the rules differences that give pro defenses slight advantages relative to college defenses).  There is every reason to think that a Kevin Hogan type is going to be more prepared mentally to play in the pros than a Bryce Petty type, simply because Hogan is asked to do so much more before the play starts.

Spread concepts will continue to be implemented in the NFL and talented spread QBs will eventually carve out successful pro careers.  I wouldn't put any current spread QBs in the pros in that category yet, though I would concede a few names are close.  Until then, the burden of proof is on the spread QB to show he can have sustained success in the NFL.