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Originally Posted by kcbubb
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.
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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.