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re: Seahawks' Tom Cable: Spread systems do a huge disservice to offensive players
Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:07 am to Herman Frisco
Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:07 am to Herman Frisco
NFL already becoming a Spread System
Sounds like he needs to adjust.
Sounds like he needs to adjust.
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Look at all the teams that have professed an interest in using more of the no-huddle next season. First, there's the Raiders. Head coach Jack Del Rio believes it will allow them to be more diverse on offense and vary their tempo. Then there's the Carolina Panthers. Riverboat Ron Rivera recognized how much more effective Cam Newton was down the stretch of last season when the team went no-huddle, and wants to do it more this year. The Buccaneers are expected to run more no-huddle under offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter.
These stories come on the heels of teams like the Chargers, Colts and Steelers announcing (and mostly following through on) plans to run more no-huddle before last season. Browns coach Mike Pettine called the no-huddle the future of the league. Add all those teams to Peyton Manning's Broncos, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady's New England Patriots and of course, Chip Kelly's Philadelphia Eagles, and you've got the makings of a leaguewide trend toward less huddling that's already reflected in recent data. What's more is that no-huddle plays have historically been -- you guessed it -- more efficient than those run after teams huddle up.
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That sounds a whole lot like the spread, no-huddle offense run by, say, the Patriots, who famously use a one-word system for calling plays when they do go no-huddle that Belichick adopted from college offenses. That certainly makes it easier to communicate the calls, and it again gives Brady more time to read the defense at the line of scrimmage without having to blurt out a mouthful of a play call.
This post was edited on 5/14/15 at 9:10 am
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Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:09 am to higgs_boson
Why do people still think the spread and HUNH are the same thing? Cable didn't say a thing about the hurry up.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:10 am to higgs_boson
The issue isn't no-huddle philosophy. I think it's the spread, one-read zone scheme that he's taking exception to.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:12 am to higgs_boson
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NFL already becoming a Spread System
Sounds like he needs to adjust.
There's a difference between running the spread and knowing how to read defenses out of the spread. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady run their offenses out of spread formations. Yes. But they also know how to READ DEFENSES out of those formations, too. They don't look to the sidelines for adjustments and audibles. They make them themselves from the field. The offensive line adjusts their blocking schemes accordingly and do not look to a picture on a board to see which way they need to look for the blitzing linebacker or safety.
NFL coaches like to run the spread because it creates good match ups for their receivers. HOWEVER, they still want the players to know how to read defenses because defenses in the NFL know what they're doing as opposed to most defenses in college.
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