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Originally Posted by RustShack
Someone tried telling me Drew Brees came out of the spread offense.. any truth to that? Is there anyone thats been succesfull in the NFL to come out of the spread offense? The only guy I can think of of the top of my head is Grossman, and he sucks.
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Yes, Brees came from a spread offense, but a spread offense isn't the spread option. The spread option has more unique, gimmicky plays--runs from tight ends, end arounds, a little bit of a veer element to it.
Grossman came from the Fun N' Gun. Urban Meyer runs the Spread Option.
Alex Smith, Omar Jacobs, Josh Harris were all spread option QBs drafted in the NFL. Smith was a monumental bust and the latter two never panned out. Michael Bishop ran the spread option a little at K-State.
Joey Harrington was a spread QB, as were David Klingler, Andre Ware, Akili Smith.
Manning, Brady, Palmer, Rivers, McNabb (to a lesser extent), Cutler all came from a standard pro-style offense.