I think you guys are getting wrapped around the axle with the "pro style" offense. Magic and I both post on the PD board and when he called the MU offense a "gimmick" offense I posed the following question:

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by Navynuke » 05 Jan 2018 20:37 pm
MU predominantly lined up an 11 personnel package last year. 26 NFL teams averaged more than 50% of their formations with 3 WRs and one back. Is the NFL becoming a gimmick league?

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No one touched the question except Salty but he has weapons grade Alzheimer's.

Here are Matter's thoughts on the offense from his chat yesterday. A poster asked if Lock could flourish in a "pro-style" system:

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Good question, but here's another one to ask in response: What's a pro-style offense? I think that term has become antiquated. Watch the NFL and you'll see a lot of the same formations and concepts that you see in college. The pure structure of Mizzou's offense under Heupel was more "pro-style" than what MU ran in its Big 12 spread days and even under Henson in the two SEC East title teams. Under Heupel, MU was predominantly in 11 personnel: one running back, one tight end, three receivers. Mizzou was rarely in four- and five-wide looks the last two years. The tight end sometimes lined up in the backfield or in motion as an H-back. That's a pro-style look. What made the Heupel system more college style was the routes and reads in the passing game. Lock had more full-field reads this year than he had in 2016, but his wideouts didn't run a full route tree like they do in the NFL. There were a lot of horizontal throws and then a lot of deep, vertical throws - but not a lot of intermediate routes. Maybe Dooley incorporates more of those routes and reads into the new system.
Once Heupel left, Lock made it clear he'd like to play in a system that helps him prepare for the style of offense he'll have to play in the NFL, and more so than formations, he was likely talking about the type of reads he'll have to make and the routes his receivers will run.
by dmatter 12:12 PM yesterday

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I think that installing more power blocking and building RPOs off that run action will only make the offense better and more efficient by creating space behind the LBs for the Slot and TE to work.

The concepts work. Look at what Dallas can do when they have their full complement of skill players. The RB and line stir the drink but the space created for Witten and Beasley keeps the offense on schedule. Now we get to see if that $900k/yr investment was worth it.

This post was edited on 1/12/18 at 1:06 pm