Analogy - Why 4 & 5-wide Spread Offenses slaughter good Defenses

Thank you for this analogy. This concept was incredibly difficult to understand before you put it in such simple terms.

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How do you come up with this shite?

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What shite, moron?

I've read 100 posts stating that defenses suck. They DON'T suck. They have at least 3 times as much active area to cover.

I think a better analogy would be if soccer suddenly changed the rules to allow all players to use their hands while on the opponents' side of the field. Football has progressively taken away some of the things defenses used to do to keep offenses in check. You wouldn't see nearly so many inside slants to the middle of the field if WRs knew that when the ball arrived the safety would be too to destroy them. Those kinds of hits are flagged now. Same thing with the QB. Hitting the QB just after he threw the pass used to be accepted defensive strategy to shake him up and make him want to get rid of the ball faster. Again, you can't do that anymore. Plus they aren't calling holding as tightly and they call PI if the defender so much as breathes on the WR. They need to shift the rules back towards the defenses to make things more even.

Are you trying to justify why Mississippi State scored more against LSU (44) than in their next three games COMBINED (30)?

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Football has progressively taken away some of the things defenses used to do to keep offenses in check

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They need to shift the rules back towards the defenses to make things more even.

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offenses are dramatically more limited in what they can do vs defenses

Offenses changed and defenses have trouble adapting to stop it, therefore the defenses suck. Pretty simple

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Gotta have both the Jimmie's and the Joe's as well as a competent coaching staff to make it work

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Agreed.

But when you have that, "They can't F'n stop it!"

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College defenses aren't worse, they just have 3 times as much area to cover.

Then, add the RPO which compounds the D's problems.

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TL:DR

You think this is the first time in the history of football teams are running 4 and 5 wide?

I think it has more to do with the amount of football these kids are playing as youngsters. They are either playing flag football, going to specialty camps (passing, lineman, kicking camps are all over the place), or playing competitive 7on7 leagues. Not to mention their regular games in the fall. That just wasn't anywhere near as widespread as it is now 12-15 years ago.

These QBs and WRs come into college much better prepared than they were 10 yrs ago. These coaches see the talent at those positions and have more confidence to open their offense up way more now. All that along with rule changes have given an advantage to WRs and QBs.

We've seen the evolution (especially in the SEC) from taking 3 or 4 shots at huge plays a game 10 yrs ago. To taking 3 or 4 shots a half 5 yrs ago. To taking 2 or 3 huge shots every other possession now. Coaches have seen that there isn't as much risk as there used to be in playing like that to where it has become, not a risk, but almost a necessity to win nowadays.

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You think this is the first time in the history of football teams are running 4 and 5 wide?

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Yes.

As much as they are now? Yes. Anyone with a brain knows that.