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<blockquote data-quote="Legal Jacket" data-source="post: 170366" data-attributes="member: 601"><p>I think it would be difficult to run a successful offense out of the flexbone at the pro level. A few reasons:</p><p></p><p>1) The players on the edge are much bigger and faster in the pros than they are in college. Typically, when we have problems running our offense, it's because the other team has fantastic DEs and OLBs. That affects us in two ways. First, they are much harder to cut and are more likely to get off a block and make a play. Second, even when we do seal the edge and get the ball outside, the DBs will more quickly recover. In other words, I think you'd see a lot more QB/AB runs for a loss (like you did, for example, when we've played the really good LSU, clemson, Iowa, uga defenses). Even when they broke free, I think the gains would be more like 8-10 yards, as opposed to 20-30 (or greater). Can you imagine us trying to option off of JJ Watt?</p><p></p><p>2) Defenses would have an easier time covering WRs one on one. There could still be mismatches, esp w a stud WR like Calvin, but the 30-40 yard bomb would be harder to pull off with most of the great NFL DBs.</p><p></p><p>3) The teams with elite interior DL would also be tough to run the BB on. There are a lot more of those guys in the NFL than what we see in the ACC. Most of the team we have a great offensive game, it starts with being able to control the interior, which sets up the ABs. If we are going against someone like Ndamukong, its going to be a near impossibility to penetrate with the BB.</p><p></p><p>In theory I think the offense would still work, I just don't think it would be at or near the top unless we had great fits at most of the positions. We'd need at least one elite WR, someone like Russell Wilson (who actually has an accurate arm) as opposed to a Tebow (who doesn't), and ABs who had enough meat on their bones to take on guys when cut blocks aren't working (e.g. LeSean McCoy or CJ Spiller - 200 lb guys with speed). BB to me is actually the lesser important of the positions at the pro level (or at least the easier to fill). While you could easily go with a beast mode, I'd actually rather save the money to spend on ABs and get one of the tweener RB/FB types that don't get a lot of PT.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Legal Jacket, post: 170366, member: 601"] I think it would be difficult to run a successful offense out of the flexbone at the pro level. A few reasons: 1) The players on the edge are much bigger and faster in the pros than they are in college. Typically, when we have problems running our offense, it's because the other team has fantastic DEs and OLBs. That affects us in two ways. First, they are much harder to cut and are more likely to get off a block and make a play. Second, even when we do seal the edge and get the ball outside, the DBs will more quickly recover. In other words, I think you'd see a lot more QB/AB runs for a loss (like you did, for example, when we've played the really good LSU, clemson, Iowa, uga defenses). Even when they broke free, I think the gains would be more like 8-10 yards, as opposed to 20-30 (or greater). Can you imagine us trying to option off of JJ Watt? 2) Defenses would have an easier time covering WRs one on one. There could still be mismatches, esp w a stud WR like Calvin, but the 30-40 yard bomb would be harder to pull off with most of the great NFL DBs. 3) The teams with elite interior DL would also be tough to run the BB on. There are a lot more of those guys in the NFL than what we see in the ACC. Most of the team we have a great offensive game, it starts with being able to control the interior, which sets up the ABs. If we are going against someone like Ndamukong, its going to be a near impossibility to penetrate with the BB. In theory I think the offense would still work, I just don't think it would be at or near the top unless we had great fits at most of the positions. We'd need at least one elite WR, someone like Russell Wilson (who actually has an accurate arm) as opposed to a Tebow (who doesn't), and ABs who had enough meat on their bones to take on guys when cut blocks aren't working (e.g. LeSean McCoy or CJ Spiller - 200 lb guys with speed). BB to me is actually the lesser important of the positions at the pro level (or at least the easier to fill). While you could easily go with a beast mode, I'd actually rather save the money to spend on ABs and get one of the tweener RB/FB types that don't get a lot of PT. [/QUOTE]
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