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I think it's amusing we're all debating spread vs. pro style. The NFL has taken basically all the spread stuff that'll work in the league -- which is a pretty substantial amount, as it turns out -- and then went and denigrated the college stuff anyway. It's one step beyond the old "terrible food and tiny portions" joke -- because they're cleaning their plates.

I would argue that the NFL already had all the spread stuff that will work in the league. They may have been reminded that it existed, but I don't think there are any new plays out there. The "read option" is as old as the T formation, or maybe older. Some of the stuff that is being run now will soon fall into disuse in the NFL for the same reasons it did previously. Too many QBs will get hurt. You may want a 40 year old Tom Brady, but he isn't running any read options. Once you find a "franchise" QB, you aren't going to risk him running for 5 yards in a designed play. It isn't worth the risk, even when he is young enough to do it.

[Goose]

I think it's amusing we're all debating spread vs. pro style. The NFL has taken basically all the spread stuff that'll work in the league -- which is a pretty substantial amount, as it turns out -- and then went and denigrated the college stuff anyway. It's one step beyond the old "terrible food and tiny portions" joke -- because they're cleaning their plates.

I would argue that the NFL already had all the spread stuff that will work in the league. They may have been reminded that it existed, but I don't think there are any new plays out there. The "read option" is as old as the T formation, or maybe older. Some of the stuff that is being run now will soon fall into disuse in the NFL for the same reasons it did previously. Too many QBs will get hurt. You may want a 40 year old Tom Brady, but he isn't running any read options. Once you find a "franchise" QB, you aren't going to risk him running for 5 yards in a designed play. It isn't worth the risk, even when he is young enough to do it.