ShotgunDawg
08-21-2013, 05:47 PM
Serious football question here:
Lately I've been pondering two questions in regards to these hurry up spread offenses that have invaded football:
1. Now that this offensive strategy has made it to the NFL, in the form of Chip Kelly and the Patriots utilizing some its principles, there is now the opportunity for the greatest defensive minds on the planet (NFL D-coordinators) to figure out a way to shut this down. My question is, how long will this take, and how quick will it begin to effect Texas A&M, OM, and Auburn? Furthermore, now that 3 SEC West teams will be running this offense, it seems to me that we should get used to it quicker an have more ideas and strategies employed to stop it. It will no longer be a novelty offense that catches teams off guard.
2. Where is the tipping point? The positive of running a hurry up offense is that you can keep the defense from substituting and have the ability to catch them out of position and off guard. The negative is that, if the hurry up offense doesn't get a first down, their defense will be back on the field with virtually no time taken off the clock. My question is where is the tipping point in this? How successful do the hurry teams have to be on offense before it becomes a detriment in their ability to win games?
These are pretty in-depth questions, but my overall question is "How quickly, if ever, can we expect defenses to catch up with the hurry up strategy and, thus make it no longer worth it for teams to use?
Lately I've been pondering two questions in regards to these hurry up spread offenses that have invaded football:
1. Now that this offensive strategy has made it to the NFL, in the form of Chip Kelly and the Patriots utilizing some its principles, there is now the opportunity for the greatest defensive minds on the planet (NFL D-coordinators) to figure out a way to shut this down. My question is, how long will this take, and how quick will it begin to effect Texas A&M, OM, and Auburn? Furthermore, now that 3 SEC West teams will be running this offense, it seems to me that we should get used to it quicker an have more ideas and strategies employed to stop it. It will no longer be a novelty offense that catches teams off guard.
2. Where is the tipping point? The positive of running a hurry up offense is that you can keep the defense from substituting and have the ability to catch them out of position and off guard. The negative is that, if the hurry up offense doesn't get a first down, their defense will be back on the field with virtually no time taken off the clock. My question is where is the tipping point in this? How successful do the hurry teams have to be on offense before it becomes a detriment in their ability to win games?
These are pretty in-depth questions, but my overall question is "How quickly, if ever, can we expect defenses to catch up with the hurry up strategy and, thus make it no longer worth it for teams to use?