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re: Spread Offense vs. Pro Style Offense
Posted on 11/16/12 at 5:17 pm to AUX3
Posted on 11/16/12 at 5:17 pm to AUX3
I agree with others who have said that A&M's success with it in the SEC is due to a couple of things.
-Good QB who can run the ball or throw it (a Texas Tech offense with a statue QB would get killed IMO).
-Good Offensive line.
-Speed athletes at all skill positions on offense.
You look at the times that the spread has worked in the SEC, it's with Cam Newton, Tim Tebow, & Johnny Football this year. They all have the 3 things mentioned above.
Everyone wants to say that a Pro-Style is easier to sustain success with but I dont necessarily agree. With a pro-style, you still have to have the athletes in order to line up and pound the defensive elite in the SEC and the overwhelming majority of teams cant recruit at the level to do that.
Bottomline- you have to have great talent on offense to try and beat some of these great defenses. The real advantage A&M has right now is that our spread is harder to prepare for, on one week of practice time, because it's unique to the conference. In other words, Bama had to go from game planning against LSU's offense one week to game planning for A&M the next...that's tough to do and gives us an edge because the schemes from one week to the next dont really transition.
-Good QB who can run the ball or throw it (a Texas Tech offense with a statue QB would get killed IMO).
-Good Offensive line.
-Speed athletes at all skill positions on offense.
You look at the times that the spread has worked in the SEC, it's with Cam Newton, Tim Tebow, & Johnny Football this year. They all have the 3 things mentioned above.
Everyone wants to say that a Pro-Style is easier to sustain success with but I dont necessarily agree. With a pro-style, you still have to have the athletes in order to line up and pound the defensive elite in the SEC and the overwhelming majority of teams cant recruit at the level to do that.
Bottomline- you have to have great talent on offense to try and beat some of these great defenses. The real advantage A&M has right now is that our spread is harder to prepare for, on one week of practice time, because it's unique to the conference. In other words, Bama had to go from game planning against LSU's offense one week to game planning for A&M the next...that's tough to do and gives us an edge because the schemes from one week to the next dont really transition.
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Posted on 11/16/12 at 5:19 pm to stir8ag
Also- I think the more success we have (particularly on offense) the better we're going to be able to recruit talent to play in the system.
the theory that Oline guys may not want to play in this offense doesnt seem very valid. If I'm Sumlin, I'd point to our two first round tackles as examples of how you WILL get NFL exposure if you're a good player, regardless of the scheme.
the theory that Oline guys may not want to play in this offense doesnt seem very valid. If I'm Sumlin, I'd point to our two first round tackles as examples of how you WILL get NFL exposure if you're a good player, regardless of the scheme.
This post was edited on 11/16/12 at 5:20 pm
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