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re: Seahawks' Tom Cable: Spread systems do a huge disservice to offensive players
Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:12 am to higgs_boson
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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Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:43 am to RollTide1987
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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.
Sounds like more of a problem with offensive coaches in the NFL than the players, then.
If college defenses don't know what they're doing (which would imply poor schemes, lack of fundamentals, and lack of ability to read an offense) then defensive coaches in the NFL must do a very good job of teaching their players fundamentals and how to read offenses.
So, why can't NFL offensive coaches do the same thing? Are they lazy? Incompetent?
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