Most teams have been running the read option out of the shotgun and you come straight downhill when you do it, and you're always going to be reading either a DE or OLB depending on scheme.
I don't personally think the read option has a place in the NFL because defensive players are fast enough to disrupt the mesh point thus rendering it useless.
And if you want to effectively run the OPTION out of it, you have to have a mobile QB to render it effective. I think Smith is mobile enough, but I don't think it's a good idea.
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