Interesting article on development of Offenses

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by MagicHef

I understand that Oklahoma is doing something new, but I'm not sure I follow the GB example. Rodgers read that Briggs was covering Finley, so he threw to the open man, Grant. How is that so new? Isn't the entire idea of passing predicated on reading how defenders react to routes?

Tebow was doing similar stuff with the run game last season, too. I don't expect that to take the league by storm.

I would say a screen pass as an 'outlet' is a fairly novel concept. Ordinarily you'd run your short routes as primary options with your RB leaking out as a last-ditch dump off if the short routes don't work.

Here it appears to have been blocked as a screen, but really intended as a short pass with a screen as a fall-back.

I agree that it's nowhere near as fascinating as the Oklahoma State example, but there are definitely some wrinkles in there that are interesting to read about.

I can only take "Cassel sucks" and "Bowe's back, bitches!" for so long. At some point I wouldn't mind some actual substantive football discussion.