08-20-2015, 02:02 PM
(08-20-2015, 01:46 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Complex and more athletic NFL defenses shut it down.
Some college players do excel because of lesser talent on defense, but that applies to EVERY type of scheme. Look at what Trent Richardson did at Alabama behind that massive O-line. Running QBs don't benefit any more from weak defenses than power running teams like Wisconsin.
So you don't think that the athletic part of the equation applies to the read option being successful in college, yet it is applicable to it's demise in the NFL? I'm definitely not saying that Talent level in college D is the only reason. I am saying it is one of the reasons though and the cause of that is the dilution of talent throughout the multitude of college programs.