There has to be a better way to run an offense. The Cardinals have already been doubled by the Rams in total yardage as Josh Rosen has been thrown to the wolves in his rookie season, while the 49ers will have to wait another year for a full season of Jimmy Garoppolo as backup CJ Beathard was benched in favor of rookie Nick Mullens this week. Meanwhile, in the college ranks, the Army Black Knights traveled to play the No.
Utilizing their triple-option offensive attack, Army nearly pulled off the upset of the season, falling in overtime. Against a juggernaut that has averaged The Army-Oklahoma game was, among other things, the celebration of an offense that has gone the way of the dinosaur in college football in the last thirty years. The most appealing aspect of the triple option is clearly the possession advantage it gives teams.
For teams without a capable quarterback, this is the central reason they would be interested — none of those aforementioned teams are going to have any luck trading scores with the Rams, Chiefs, or most of the league. Additionally, teams with a general lack of offensive talent the Bills, really can theoretically bridge a talent gap by running the option.
In brief, the triple option is an offensive scheme that keeps the ball on the ground on almost every play, employing misdirection and motions to keep defenses guessing.
The playbook is tiny, perhaps only a dozen plays or less, but teams that commit to the option long-term are always adding myriad variations and wrinkles to the basic looks.
First, he can hand the ball off to the diving fullback or fake the dive and run outside himself. Then, he reads the other unblocked defender and decides to pitch the ball to the tailback running with him, or fake the pitch as well. Risk mitigation is the name of the game: a well-run option features almost no negative yardage plays and very few three-and-outs.
There are a number of advantages an NFL team has running the triple option, besides dominating time of possession. Defenses were catching up in the game of cat and mouse.
For instance, some started sending the unblocked defender crashing down the line to take out the back, with a linebacker scraping outside behind him assigned to the quarterback.
Others chose simply to knock the quarterback who is not protected by roughing the passer rules when running the option into Tuesday whether he kept the ball or not. And a lot of it has to do with how a person wants to study it, wants to be involved with it.
He followed that with another solid season. What those on the inside knew: Kaepernick had a long way to go, since the coaches built complexity into the option run game rather than building it into the passing game. Another problem: Kaepernick was playing for a contender, and the best way for the Niners to keep winning was to continue using him the way they had.
By the team was and Harbaugh was on his way out. And as the option began to yield fewer yard runs and more seven-yarders across the league, teams relied on it less and less.
That, in turn, meant fewer suitors for quarterbacks who once majored in it. Griffin, Tebow and while there are other factors at play Kaepernick, once seen as potential stars, are out of football. But contrary to popular belief, the option is not dead. Per Pro Football Focus data, NFL teams ran 2, plays classified as read-option in for 8, yards and 63 touchdowns. Clearly it still has its place. Yes, the explosion early on was, in part, due to defenses scrambling to catch up to it.
But it is now most effective as a changeup pitch. Watt and Texans During an Unforgettable Week. Wilson played through ankle, knee and pectoral injuries for most of , logging only 17 keepers on zone-read plays as a result. Yet, the Seahawks persevered. Wilson persevered. They won a postseason game for the fifth straight year. That gave him other tools in his toolbox to reach for when he lost the metaphorical wrench he and Seattle were so apt at throwing at defenses.
Email us at talkback themmqb. The top two picks of the draft displayed their unique skillsets in their first meeting as pros. Could they be a winning team? Teams like Georgia Tech, Navy and Air Force have been running their version of the option offense for years with decent success. With the high caliber of athletes at the NFL level, what would the option offense look like? Anyone familiar with the option offense understands that it is built around teams that have quick, athletic offensive lineman.
The other appealing feature of this offense is that only nine of the 11 players on the defense need to be accounted for. This is because the offense has a "read" player and a "pitch" player.
The quarterback either gives the ball to the running back or pulls the ball based on the movement of the read player. If the quarterback pulls, he either pitches the ball or keeps it based on who the pitch player goes after.
Because of this blocking scheme, NFL teams could draft lineman that fit this mold. Powerful centers and guards to anchor the line and help with double teams are necessary, while quick tackles are needed in order to reach linebacker level.
If NFL coaches targeted this type of lineman, they could build an offensive line capable of blocking for option-centered offense. Everyone always says that the option offense can't work in the NFL because the defenses are too fast.
Why can't NFL teams draft players that have the speed to run the offense? The running backs in the option offense have to be fearless and fast. They have to run full speed to a hole that they are hoping will open up and trust the quarterback to make the right decision. That decision is made in a split second, but more often than not, the running back is getting hit pretty hard. However, when that hole opens up and the running back has great speed, he usually has nothing but green grass and an end zone in front of him.
Some might think that the running back in an option-centered offense would be hit too much, and they are right. No running back could take that kind of beating. This is why it is important to have depth at the running back position.
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