re: NFL GM wonders why NFL teams aren't designing offenses to help spread QBs

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Wilson

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Dialed back the running in year two. his game isn't built on running per se. It's built on mobility to get out of the pocket and pass down field.

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Kaeppernick

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Got away with half a year of running the ball. Then teams adjusted and his team hasn't been the same since.

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Chip Kelly

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Again, he "spreads" the field, not unlike a west coast offense would, but the reliance on the QBs legs is very limited.

The zone read will never become a mainstay of the NFL; the liability to the QB is too great, plus when you have DEs and LBs who can run as fast as the QB, it's less effective.

A spread principal isn't some new concept. The Rams were doing that back in the 90s and Bill Walsh pioneered the concept of fanning Receivers out to create space decades ago.