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<blockquote data-quote="TheGridironGeek" data-source="post: 110950" data-attributes="member: 1898"><p>Nobody EVER mentions that the Broncos led the league in rushing, using plays that were routinely dismissed as impossible for the NFL. Cheers.</p><p></p><p>The NFL maniacally sticks to what it knows, but from a pure football perspective the hangup would be the blocking. It's not necessarily that they'd suspend your entire O-line if you ran the Flex in the pros, but NFL officials have been told to discourage ALL semi-risky play with extra flags. If you went from averaging 6 penalties a game to 12, it would be a serious problem, especially since illegal block flags are 15 yards a pop.</p><p></p><p>But the Georgia Southern/New Mexico versions use stand-up zone blocking, and allow for WR's to double as pitch options while putting the QB in better position to throw. So in 10-20 years you will definitely see some of that stuff in the NFL, it will just take time because everyone ignores the lower levels of NCAA ball. It will take a Georgia Tech or GaSo making Cinderella runs, playing in prestigious bowls etc, followed by a few heavyweight programs finally raiding the prep ranks (or assistant coaches from GT, Navy etc) for coaches who can install the system. That will freshen the debate for sure.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Don't forget the Bill Walsh offense was considered a college strategy at the time he introduced it with the 49ers. His QB, Joe Montana, was said to be a great college QB who did not have the skill set to succeed in the pros, i.e. throw bombs like everyone else did. Sounds familiar to a lot of stuff going on now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheGridironGeek, post: 110950, member: 1898"] Nobody EVER mentions that the Broncos led the league in rushing, using plays that were routinely dismissed as impossible for the NFL. Cheers. The NFL maniacally sticks to what it knows, but from a pure football perspective the hangup would be the blocking. It's not necessarily that they'd suspend your entire O-line if you ran the Flex in the pros, but NFL officials have been told to discourage ALL semi-risky play with extra flags. If you went from averaging 6 penalties a game to 12, it would be a serious problem, especially since illegal block flags are 15 yards a pop. But the Georgia Southern/New Mexico versions use stand-up zone blocking, and allow for WR's to double as pitch options while putting the QB in better position to throw. So in 10-20 years you will definitely see some of that stuff in the NFL, it will just take time because everyone ignores the lower levels of NCAA ball. It will take a Georgia Tech or GaSo making Cinderella runs, playing in prestigious bowls etc, followed by a few heavyweight programs finally raiding the prep ranks (or assistant coaches from GT, Navy etc) for coaches who can install the system. That will freshen the debate for sure. EDIT: Don't forget the Bill Walsh offense was considered a college strategy at the time he introduced it with the 49ers. His QB, Joe Montana, was said to be a great college QB who did not have the skill set to succeed in the pros, i.e. throw bombs like everyone else did. Sounds familiar to a lot of stuff going on now. [/QUOTE]
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