Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501 (Post 9823878)

Well... Reid is a West Coast Offense guy. But look at what he's doing.

He brought in Alex Smith and Chase Daniel and wasted no expense to get these guys. Both these guys are ideal for a more read option oriented offense. He brought in Chris Ault to coach the pistol and Brad Childress, whose only job is to consult on the spread.

I don't know how much of a spread or pistol he will run. But it seems like he's sending a pretty clear signal that he's planning to change his stripes, and it seems like he picked a QB to run his new offense (versus picking an offense that can be run by his new QB).

Originally Posted by scott free (Post 9823892)

I definitely agree with this, all of these flashy schemes are eventually figured out and you have to get back to bread and butter football.

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 9823901)

I think the spread is here to stay. It's too beneficial.

The Pistol, though, i'm not so sure.

He got railed for it, but I agree with Dane. If you could put Cam Newton in this offensive system, he'd break every NFL record.

Originally Posted by Alex Smith HATER (Post 9823833)

It's irrelevant, because there's no way this team is winning more than 8 games.

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 9823894)

First off, Ault has only worked with the defense so far, IIRC.

I think you are getting confused with read option though. Either of those guys are going to get killed if they start attacking a defensive end and optioning off him.

I think they're going to incorporate more spread concepts into the WCO, which IMO, after all I've been reading is very interesting.

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 9823919)

Teams are going faster and lighter on defense to combat the spread, especially in terms of LB's.

I think there is something to going heavy and running it at people in the future.

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501 (Post 9823951)

Not if they run it in the pistol. The pistol has become a very innovative offense. They have designed bluffs and "arc blocks" to fend off teams that attack their defensive ends.

I don't know that anybody really knows what Ault has been doing. It's possible he's working with Reid or Chilly. It's very, very hard to believe that you hire Chili as an offensive spread consultant, and not have Ault consult on the offense. I think we will expect to see a much heavier dose of the pistol next year.

Originally Posted by GordonGekko (Post 9823853)

Lol I could give a **** about Geno. What I'm talking about is bigger than one player, or one draft. I'm talking about an overall philosophy that is on the scale of years and decades. This conservative, me too bullshit the Chiefs have been doing is not getting them anywhere. They need to learn to innovate, and take risks when they are acceptable. The problem however, I believe is systematic, and is traceable up to and including ownership and the fans. Until the days of going 9-7 and then taking a huge money shot in the face that a blue balled team has been storing up for weeks in a playoff game and ending the Chiefs' season are unacceptable, UNACCEPTABLE, then this 40+ year drought will continue.

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501 (Post 9823959)

What you have to like about the pistol is that you run a power running scheme in a shotgun offense. There is unbelievable opportunity to take care of mismatches. The 49ers run a pistol offense and they have probably one of the most innovative running attacks in the game.

I also forgot... the fact that tight end and fullback became top priority? Another big clue that we're moving more toward a pistol.

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 9823913)

Personally, I think we'll see a similar offense to what he ran with McNabb, with more spread concepts in the passing game.


Sorter has brought it up and he's the expert on it, but upon reading more about it, I think spread passing concepts and route design are the new age of football.

Originally Posted by Alex Smith HATER (Post 9823798)

In eight of Alex's 19 wins the last two years, he threw for less than 190 yards.

Why should I accept the idea that this can be replicated in Kansas City?

Even in 2010, when the Chiefs had a good team, we only won two games with our QB throwing for less than 190 yards.

And the last two seasons, it's only happened three times: against a Kyle Boller, Caleb Hanie and Tim Tebow.

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 9824004)

Russell Wilson averaged 200 per last season