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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 2897" data-source="post: 467220"><p>I stopped reading early after <em>"The Veer is the opposite of fancy. It is football’s version of a ham sandwich: enduring and reliable, but tedious and tiresome. "</em></p><p></p><p>I'm sure there is a lot of interesting information in that article, so I'll read it later. But a few thoughts in no particular order. I can't speak for other teams, but a minority of our plays are triple option. Its also not simple and tedious and tiresome - you can run the same exact play 5 different ways just from blocking alone. It also has any number of different passing plays. What it does give you is a tremendous amount of flexibility to suit the particular quarterback or personnel you might have. Matthew Jordan could run the QB follow until the cows came home. Justin Thomas didn't. Justin Thomas threw for 1700 yards and 18 passing TDs in 2014. In 2016 he only threw 2 interceptions all year off 150 attempts and 1600 yards passing...and both of those interceptions were end of half/game hail mary's. TaQuon Marshall will barely throw half that much. But its the same exact playbook. You just run it differently to play to your particular personnel's strengths. I find it neither tedious, nor boring, nor simple. Hell, how much do people complain about missed assignments - its exactly because of the complexity of it that you can get that. (Don't get me wrong, I'm not permamently attached to it either.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 2897, post: 467220"] I stopped reading early after [I]"The Veer is the opposite of fancy. It is football’s version of a ham sandwich: enduring and reliable, but tedious and tiresome. "[/I] I'm sure there is a lot of interesting information in that article, so I'll read it later. But a few thoughts in no particular order. I can't speak for other teams, but a minority of our plays are triple option. Its also not simple and tedious and tiresome - you can run the same exact play 5 different ways just from blocking alone. It also has any number of different passing plays. What it does give you is a tremendous amount of flexibility to suit the particular quarterback or personnel you might have. Matthew Jordan could run the QB follow until the cows came home. Justin Thomas didn't. Justin Thomas threw for 1700 yards and 18 passing TDs in 2014. In 2016 he only threw 2 interceptions all year off 150 attempts and 1600 yards passing...and both of those interceptions were end of half/game hail mary's. TaQuon Marshall will barely throw half that much. But its the same exact playbook. You just run it differently to play to your particular personnel's strengths. I find it neither tedious, nor boring, nor simple. Hell, how much do people complain about missed assignments - its exactly because of the complexity of it that you can get that. (Don't get me wrong, I'm not permamently attached to it either.) [/QUOTE]
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