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Originally Posted by O.city
I don't think the read option, in terms of the QB riding a back into the hole and pulling it or giving it, has a place in the NFL, unless you have a dynamic QB.
Just want to clarify zilla, you're talking about the QB read option in terms of this correct? Putting the football into the gut of a RB at the mesh point, riding him with teh ball in the "basket" until the defender forces you to make the decision of keeping or pulling?
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That is exactly what Alex Smith ran under Urban Meyer at Utah, who's "Read Option Spread" has been the most successful college system over the past ten years.