likens his release to Joe Namath
http://www.pennlive.com/pennstatefootball/index.ssf/2018/01/alabama_penn_state_football_tu.html
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I agree. The read-option will still be the predominant offense because it is easier to find a QB for it than it is to find one for pro-style. I think Jalen would excel if he were in a true read-option with one read passing options. I think Tua can excel in either one.My only question is what sort of offense does this guy think we were running up until 2013?
The answer is no and while I enjoyed the way the guy wrote he answered his own question when he pointed out how Willie Tagart had ascended to the top of CFB in just about 5 years running the read/option. As long as the method is effective against college defenses (it still very much is) then it will hang around in some iteration or another.
It doesn't follow that just because one form of offense is effective (pro-style) that the perfectly good and effective style of read/option, will die away. To be frank there aren't enough talented QB's in the nation to run a super effective Pro-style system. For most you can take a great athlete like Nick Marshall and run a very successful offense. So read/option will remain popular due to it's lower skill threshold required to run it successfully against very talented defenses.
So, no, just because 1 QB plays at a higher level than other in a pro-style system doesn't mean that other will abandon the read/option. There are reasons that people adopted read/option in the 1st place and those reasons haven't just evaporated overnight.
Yes, they're here to stay - just as most every offense still has some option plays.Be that as it may, RPO’s are part of the evolution of football.
The NFL is in great Demand of Great Quarterbacks......the few that are left are at the end of their careers....Yes, they're here to stay - just as most every offense still has some option plays.
And the reality is that as long as you can dumb down the play to the QB reading literally one man, you're going to continue to see high schools and colleges running it as in most instances they want their best athlete touching the ball on every play.
That said, a resurgence of the intellectual QB would be welcomed and would make defending a model pro-set offense with RPO plays much harder to defend than anything we've seen to date.
So here's hoping... because I'd much rather see more Steve Young's developing than more Lamar Jackson's. Gimme the QB that can do it all!
Not sure if I've enjoyed two paragraphs more than these in a long time.Just as an example, look at Willie Taggart and how he’s job-hopped into the elite pay scale in just five years running the simplest form of read-option – from Western Kentucky to South Florida to Oregon to Florida State. If you can progress from $500K to $5M a year that quickly, why bother?
That’s where Nick Saban comes in. He is the new Bear Bryant, the one every aspiring coach wants to emulate. If he ditches pocket-challenged dual-threat Jalen Hurts for Tua Tagovailoa in 2018 and runs a more pro-style offense – and if it works – could we not see more colleges abandoning the Urban Meyer/Rich Rodriguez template and attempting to do the same?
The problem is going to be are there enough talented quarterback who have the ability to run it? If there is, then yes, I could see this shift taking place. The read option allowed lesser talented teams to compete and use the "athletic" part a quarterback to beat you rather than having to do it strictly with his arm. But like I said above, with more and more kids attending these passing camps and getting a higher quality of coaching. There are more and more quarterbacks coming into college who can legitimately spin the ball at a high level.Not sure if I've enjoyed two paragraphs more than these in a long time.
I think Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers are best example of the present day (and future NFL QB). Both guys are athletic fast guys that can burn defenses when the play breaks down but are also pass first guys. That's what I see in Tua.The NFL is in great Demand of Great Quarterbacks......the few that are left are at the end of their careers....
Like any cycle -- I sure hope we are at the end. I'd love it if Tua was the turning point.....
Not sure why anyone wouldn't like this - Mayfield is an incredible QB.I know that you guys may not like this, but he reminds me of Mayfield, but with a faster read and release. I don't think that I have even seen a college QB read and release as fast as he did Monday night.
As long as it's only an on-field comparison, it's OK.I know that you guys may not like this, but he reminds me of Mayfield, but with a faster read and release. I don't think that I have even seen a college QB read and release as fast as he did Monday night.
So you're saying we have a guy that could win the Heisman? I'm mad....mad I tell youI know that you guys may not like this, but he reminds me of Mayfield, but with a faster read and release. I don't think that I have even seen a college QB read and release as fast as he did Monday night.
I don't think you abandon them, I think with a qb with the skill set of Tua....you just don't have to rely on it as much . I do think there will still be rpo plays in the play selection.Quite a few of Tua's passes were in fact RPOs. And he had several nice read-option plays: a few times reading the DE, and once or twice reading the DT or MLB (can't recall).
These were, by and large, successful plays. Why *wouldn't* you still run plays like that?