So basically what we are saying collectively is:
1. You need a Pass Rusher.
2. You need speed on the outside to defense the pitch or QB Keeper.
3. Discipline/Assignment Defense.
4. Not so many Substitution Packages!
1. You need a Pass Rusher.
2. You need speed on the outside to defense the pitch or QB Keeper.
3. Discipline/Assignment Defense.
4. Not so many Substitution Packages!
Where is the wishbone now? Gone.
Why? Too much speed at the OLB and S positions, mostly, but also DE.
Georgia Tech is the only major, non-Service Academy program running a pure triple-option and/or wishbone right now to my knowledge. The moment they put that offense in, their recruiting went in the drink. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: Superior talent makes any system work, but if you are recruiting to a system that doesn't prepare players for the pros, they stop coming. Once they stop coming, you no longer have superior talent. The NFL has one team with a zone-read base (Philadelphia; Seattle and Washington both use elements of it but they're West Coast offenses by trade). Philly, while having a pretty good year record-wise, has already gotten its top 2 QBs hurt. Until the NFL starts keeping 4 or 5 QBs on the active roster, the HUNH won't last because every defender on the field is capable of beheading the QB, which is not the case for even a good college team.
We were having this same discussion back around 2007-2008 about the spread-option. While several teams still use it, it didn't take over all of football. The HUNH won't either.
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