Chiefs sticking with spread offense?
 

I am sick of talking about Hali and DJ fitting into the 3-4 and whether the Chiefs are going to draft an ILB, a RT or an injured WR.... so, why not bring up something that will make Mecca's head explode.

First, I am not saying the Chiefs will use the spread offense as extensively as they did last year.

However, if you watched the Cards under Haley last year, they used a ton of the spread.

And, if you watched the Pats, Cassel played his best from the shotgun in the spread offense.

For those of you who don't think the spread has much of a future in the NFL... much of what the Pats have run over the last two years has been based on the spread.

In fact, after further examination, I think Cassel and Thigpen's playing style is more similar than it is different. Cassel is clearly more polished and tended to make quicker better reads, and of course is two inches taller.

But, he was more comfortable in the shotgun, similar to Thigpen. He is also a scrambler, similar to Thigpen. And, he was the most comfortable using the spread formation, simialr to Thigpen.

Could the Chiefs have picked him up BECAUSE he will make a good spread QB?

Gailey and Haley are very similar in that they will not force the issue, they will do what their players do best. I think the spread will be a large part of the offensive package utilized in KC.

What I don't know is why the 'spread' has such a negative conotation. Teams have used versions of this in the NFL for a long time.

I have even come up with a name for the offense that I think we will see this year, the 'West Coast Spread'. I believe they will combine many of the pilosophies of the west coast sytem: Larger receivers, shorter passes, slants, etc. I think they will be a primarily zone running team. And, finally, I think that Cassel will see a larger part of the time in the shotgun spread formation.

Now, that I have laid out what I think will happen..... based on nothing more than what I think the talent on the team will be good at as well as what the coaches have done in the past.... you guys can flame me.

Yes... this is a stab in the dark. No, I am not an insider. But, frankly, I would rather get flamed on something new and interesting than continue to argue whether Hali can be an OLB or whether positional value should outweigh actual player evaluation.

There isn't anything wrong with "the spread", unless that's all you can do. It's great between the 20s.

Sure if then never want to win anything meaningful...

Yep

I will just take a stab in the dark here, but I am assuming since we didnt have a QB that could line up under center, our redzone offense blew balls...

Also our patiented predictable fade pass always kept defenses honest...

the spread offense means different things to different people. if you watch a lot of college football, the spread is used very often with the option. I would consider a team like the Florida Gators a running option team. They have a balanced offense with run and pass. But the Gators version of the spread is obviously very different than what the Chiefs ran last year, but they both seem to follow under the same name of spread offense.

I think a lot of the hatred of the spread comes from people thinking of the option and the amount of hits the QB takes in that type of offense. A QB can't take that many hits in the pro game. Option QBs have not been successful in the NFL, at least at QB, some have made pretty good receivers.

I'm not sick of talking about defense. The problem with last year wasn't the spread, it was our defense.

I hope we do still run it. The difference between Cassel and Thigpen is one can also play in a Pro Style offense and the other can't. Manning, Brady, Brees, and all the other good QB's use the spread... but they also play from under center like Cassel can.

It was both... and ST's.

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Maybe you should have watched the second half of the games.

All offenses are better between the 20s

Well, this sucks.... you guys took this WAY better than I expected. I was thinking I was going to get flamed big time. LOL.

I was expecting far more ingorant responses than I have gotten.

This is what I was expecting... thanks for not letting me down rerun.

The wildcat offense, which the Chiefs had their own version of even in training camp, is very similar to the spread option and can be effective as a situational offense.

I just think it is funny that so many people who are so annoyed at Herm being 'conservative' are also closed minded about what they consider to be 'gimmick' offenses.

The Chiefs clearly need to be able to load up and pound the ball when necessary, but the spread is going to be here for a while in my estimation.