The Evolutionary History of the Option

[Techster]

In scope and quality, this is quite possibly one of the best pieces of football writing I've read. CPJ and GT obviously make an appearance. MANY links to other in depth pieces. Warning: Don't click on this link if you have something to do, you will get lost in the option rabbit hole:

https://www.sbnation.com/a/option-football-history

 

[Techster]

Can you guys imagine LJ/JG/or our commit Yates running the plays Lamar Jackson and Robert Griffith (remember him?) are running? Although they don't execute option on these plays, you can see how the option could have been utilized. More importantly, this shows how the QB threat is a weapon teams like GT have to utilize. GT has always been good when we utilize a dual threat QB (see CPJ and Friedgen offenses). For the "NFL is boring guys", it ain't your stepfather's NFL anymore: