The Read Option

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How many teams will pick this offense up this season?

We can already rule out Alabubba.
 
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I ran a little bit of it last year with my Jr High team and I am going to spend this spring doing nothing but read option. I think it might be here to stay for awhile.
Obviously not because I am doing it but it just really just puts tons of pressure on Defenses and it makes them have to think more than they need to.
 
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You'll see more and more teams start going to it over the next few years. Personally I don't think there's anything more beautiful in football than a pro style offense that's executed well on all cylinders. But yea, the read option is here to stay.
 
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The read option is going to be around for awhile. I like pro style offenses much better. It's interesting that one of the greatest college coaches of all time (Saban) refuses to run it. That says a lot.
 
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Like velo said the read option puts more pressure on the defense. Instead of having to defend 10 players in a typical pro style the defense must also account for the QB because if they don't big plays will result. It will be around till defenses find a way to stop it consistently.
 
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I personally don't think the read option will be that affective in years to come. Defenses will adapt. It's already happening in the NFL. Sadly, You dont see any I formations anymore.
 
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Read option isn't a new thing. It works sporadically in the nfl and always will, but I don't think you could base an nfl offense around.
 
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Bruce Wayne said:
Read option isn't a new thing. It works sporadically in the nfl and always will, but I don't think you could base an nfl offense around.
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Yep the bigger, faster, stronger athletes in the nfl counter the advantages of the read option. Might work on a play or two but not a whole game.
 
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I think there's a bit more staying power because of the angles of attack that are used. More "traditional" option offenses involve the major ballcarriers (QB, FB, HB, slot, whoever) getting out into space and then attempting to cut or swerve upfield. This allows trailing defenders the chance to close rapidly.

Running the option out of the shotgun changes all of that turning and swinging into direct straight lines of attack. It eliminates the possibility of defenders who were taken out of the play to get back into it, and it also automatically converts the actual ballcarrier into a more decisive runner. He's more likely to see a defender back on his heels instead of either attacking or of playing the waiting game, so it may just take one cut to get past that defender and then it's into the open field.
 
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orangeslice13 said:
Single wing.

It comes and goes.
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Single wing allowed for 8 men to be in the box at all times that why its rare to see it nowadays. Not to mention it hardly came and went it was around at the beginning and still around at smaller schools.
Read Opt allows for you to take the concepts of option football and spread the field.
I love I formation/Pro my self but I cant run it because my lineman are always outmanned.
 
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volfan_89 said:
Yep the bigger, faster, stronger athletes in the nfl counter the advantages of the read option. Might work on a play or two but not a whole game.
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The Seahawks and 49ers have done well with it. It's not just the defense that has bigger, stronger, faster guys, so that isn't really a deterrent.
 
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You can control the read option by trucking whoever doesn't receive the ball since they are technically allowed to be seen as a ballcarrier...

Why teams dont demolish the qb when he hands it off on read option more often surprises me..
 
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velovol said:
single wing allowed for 8 men to be in the box at all times that why its rare to see it nowadays. Not to mention it hardly came and went it was around at the beginning and still around at smaller schools.
Read opt allows for you to take the concepts of option football and spread the field.
I love i formation/pro my self but i cant run it because my lineman are always outmanned.
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ssdd
 
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davethevol said:
The Seahawks and 49ers have done well with it. It's not just the defense that has bigger, stronger, faster guys, so that isn't really a deterrent.
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They don't exculsively run the read option they mix in a play or two per drive or so. Which is my point, it works because it gives the defense something else to think about. Wouldn't work for a whole game.
 
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velovol said:
Sweet comeback
You said the single wing was basically a flash in the pan. I point out its hardly that, Pop Warner created it. You comeback with a sophomoric acronym.
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The single wing is a flash in the pan? Ok.
Volvo, I'll try this slower for you. Same shat different day means just because we call it something new doesn't mean it's new. ( even if it's slightly different than the original). Comes and goes means it will go away..........again, then at some point come back..........again. Because it's (wait for it)




The same shat on a different day




I would insult you but I'm not sure you would understand.
 
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velovol said:
I ran a little bit of it last year with my Jr High team and I am going to spend this spring doing nothing but read option. I think it might be here to stay for awhile.
Obviously not because I am doing it but it just really just puts tons of pressure on Defenses and it makes them have to think more than they need to.
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Especially if you switch it up between readin the backside lb, backside de, backside Dt, or playside de.

If you get a chance take a look at what Baylor is doing. They run power from 4 wr sets, and run a slant from the backside slot to hold the WLB. So if the WLB chases the pulling guard on power, the qb throws slant. If he stays home, the qb hands it off. It's a thing of beauty.
 
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Offense like the I formation or the wing t are slowly dying off because of their inability to involve the qb in the running game.

Option teams play 11 on 11, all other offenses play 10 on 11.
 
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Vol8188 said:
Especially if you switch it up between readin the backside lb, backside de, backside Dt, or playside de.

If you get a chance take a look at what Baylor is doing. They run power from 4 wr sets, and run a slant from the backside slot to hold the WLB. So if the WLB chases the pulling guard on power, the qb throws slant. If he stays home, the qb hands it off. It's a thing of beauty.
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Thanks, I do plan on watching them throughout out the summer. Like I said I prefer basic sets like weak, strong and I.
But my line is so small its hard for us to line up in those sets and let teams just out muscle us.
 
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Vol8188 said:
Offense like the I formation or the wing t are slowly dying off because of their inability to involve the qb in the running game.

Option teams play 11 on 11, all other offenses play 10 on 11.
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Teams that want their Qb to run will find out how to do it no matter what look. You don't need an option to get the wheels started. Football is constantly recycling, so I bet we see a new I formation look.
 
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Burger said:
Teams that want their Qb to run will find out how to do it no matter what look. You don't need an option to get the wheels started. Football is constantly recycling, so I bet we see a new I formation look.
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A lot of teams are using the H back like an offset FB in the I, from gun and pistol sets. As far as a true under the center i formation, unless you're doing it to run midline or veer...that offense is dying out.
 
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