NFL Is Five Years Behind College?!

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(05-15-2019, 05:22 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Remember the Wildcat about 10 years ago? That came from college. Pretty crazy how well that worked in the NFL...until they adapted.

re: Innovation in college - I wonder if it's because there are soo many teams? You're bound to see someone do something different due to lack of personnel, etc.

In the Pro's IF you do something crazy, you may get ran off if it doesn't work.

The Wildcat was a bit of brilliance dreamed up by a team that had no other way to generate offense.  It worked for awhile but eventually got figured out.  Much like the Run and Shoot.  DC's eventually figure out most gimmicks.  Interestingly enough, the one thing that seems to have had the most staying power is the No Huddle.

So, finding the next gimmick is not a bad thing, but you'd better have a Plan B ready to go too.  Ask the Raven what happened in the playoffs against the Chargers.

But the variants of the spread offense are probably, in one form or another, here to stay.