about the read option going extinct
"Every guy I've talked to is going to go after the quarterback," said Hall of Fame coach John Madden, co-chairman of the NFL's safety committee. "That's going to be their answer. If you watch what they did last year, a lot of guys played the quarterback. If he pitches, get off him. If he keeps it, tackle him. Now, they're just going to go after him whether he pitches or not."
This strategy is what I've been taught going against "flashy" option qbs. Gee, the only guy I can think that would be able to hold up on that is.....Tim Tebow, and its exactly the strategy teams used against him when in Denver. Strange how they didn't do that all the time last year....
and the rules don't protect the qb once he is a threat to run it, so unless they change that (won't be surprised). I noticed Carolina going away from the read option this year, maybe just preseason, i don't know, Cam has regressed.
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I just hope teams have come up with more than this, because the rb can get you for big chunks of yards doing this, and someone wondering why it was so successful, this is one reason...
[/URL]"NFL defensive ends and outside linebackers are not used to having to sit there and read a mesh point between a quarterback and a running back," said
NFL Network personnel expert Mike Mayock, referring to the moment of a handoff, or faked handoff, when it's unclear who is keeping the ball.
"The DeMarcus Wares of the world just want to come off the edge and create havoc," he said, referring to the
Dallas Cowboys' star pass rusher, "and you can't do that. When you've done one thing for a lot of years — and maybe you haven't played against any option since you were in junior high — and now you're seeing something new. Last year it caught some teams by surprise."