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Thread: Cosell on running qb's: Running qb's are great but throwing from the pocket is still the best option
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02-18-2013, 01:34 PM #1Legendary RSR Poster
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Cosell on running qb's: Running qb's are great but throwing from the pocket is still the best option
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02-18-2013, 03:16 PM #2Hall Of Fame Poster
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Re: Cosell on running qb's: Running qb's are great but throwing from the pocket is still the best option
The zone read option in the long run will just fade away as defenses learn to install "QB read" option in their schemes to counteract.
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Re: Cosell on running qb's: Running qb's are great but throwing from the pocket is still the best option
When we contained the edge Kaepernick was very limited in what he could do.....on the plays we got caught inside he just took off.
Kaep made some nice throws but against good DBs and disciplined pass rush (Seattle. St.L) he is in trouble. Niners may not even make the POs IMO.Way Down South in New Orleans
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Re: Cosell on running qb's: Running qb's are great but throwing from the pocket is still the best option
You won't make it through 16 regular season games and 3-4 postseason games with a healthy QB, using the read option as a significant portion of your offense, and win the Super Bowl.
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Re: Cosell on running qb's: Running qb's are great but throwing from the pocket is still the best option
I am not going to crap on the read option just yet. The Niners were one or two plays away from winning the whole thing so the concept obviously has some merits. Too small a sample size.
The Niners were averaging 8 yards a play when they ran a play out of the pistol in the playoffs and Super Bowl so there's obviously a benefit to the system.
The problem, IMO, is the type of QB that runs the system needs to be larger than your average QB to make it work right AND he needs to have some skills in the pocket.
The Niners (and Seahawks) figured this out before the Skins did. CK is a big dude in the sense that he's got thick legs and can take a hit or two. RGIII has some pretty thin legs and now he's working on his second knee surgery of his football career.
Yet they were one or two plays away from winning the whole thing. I think poor coaching had more to do the Niners issues than the read option.
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Re: Cosell on running qb's: Running qb's are great but throwing from the pocket is still the best option
To be fair, Kapernick only played 10.
I think the read option will be around, but not as a full-time offense. Too much money is put into a QB to have him standing in the pocket getting smacked around to then also have him run and throw him to the wolves.
Don't remember where I heard it but there is a great quote with this. "There are a lot of great young running qB's... but there are not a lot of old ones"
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The reason why kaepernick has success in the pistol and read option is because he can make throws from the pocket. That was the whole point of the article. If you run a read option with a qb that can't make throws from the pocket it's not going to work. Ie Tyler thigpen.
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02-18-2013, 06:04 PM #8
Re: Cosell on running qb's: Running qb's are great but throwing from the pocket is still the best option
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Re: Cosell on running qb's: Running qb's are great but throwing from the pocket is still the best option
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02-18-2013, 07:03 PM #10Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Cosell on running qb's: Running qb's are great but throwing from the pocket is still the best option
that article was nothing we don't already know...
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Re: Cosell on running qb's: Running qb's are great but throwing from the pocket is still the best option
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