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Originally Posted by O.city
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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Most teams run a spread option with an east-west running game. The Pistol runs north/south and as a pure running game in itself, is arguably a better running attack because it's so hard for the defender to predict where the play is going. That in itself makes the pistol worth it.
We will have to see if NFL defenses are much quicker. We'll see if you truly need a very mobile QB to run it. I don't think you do. I think the modern pistol has enough variations and bluffs that defenses can't get caught cheating. It's not like a typical read option. Again, I don't think we should be modeling after other teams like Seattle. SF seems to have the most progressive vision of the pistol and it features arguably one of the most innovative running attacks in the game. I look at the moves the Chiefs made and can't help but think this is where they are going.