Cam "perfect" in combine interview

[Mr. Scot]

Look back a couple of years and you'll find similar predictions about the Wildcat.

It happens a lot. Some new offensive wrinkle takes hold and everyone tries it, until somebody finds the best way to defend it, then it fizzles. Very few actually catch on and stick. Could the Spread? Maybe, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Related question: What DC was one of the best at controlling Peyton's attack last season?

[Catalyst]

Honestly, I think the spread offenses are more about helping college QB's adjust to the NFL and playing to what they do well. I mean, more and more college teams are running spread offenses and NFL teams draft these QB's high and want to maximize their potential, so why not start using elements of the spread offenses they're running in college?

[rayzor]

another long post...sorry.

i'm sure that you could say the same thing about the coryell when it first came around., that its just an offensive “WRinkle, but truthfully you know that wouldn't be a good comparison in the same way that lumping the spread offense in with the wildcat isn't really fair.

they are both very different beasts and have had very different results.

wildcat is nothing more than a formation that can be added to different offenses. it isn't an offensive philosophy or really an offensive scheme in and of itself. the spread offense, though, is exactly that. it is the base offense now used in most offenses all the way up through college. it has taken over as an offensive philosophy. the wildcat? not so much.

the wildcat is a relatively new, as you would call it, “WRinkle”, but the spread offense has been around longer than the coryell. the wildcat is something used every once in a while by teams, but never as a base offense (or at least very rarely used), while the spread is used as either a base offense or a significant part of an offensive playbook much more than the wildcat.

the wildcat has had moderate success but it hasn't won any nfl championships and hasn't helped teams set any records. meanwhile, the spread has helped the pats get into the record books in '07 using it as their base offense and the packers beat the steelers using the spread as their base offense getting a lombardi. kurt warner and the cards went to the superbowl running it.

it's pretty well known that the league is turning into more of a passing league. with that comes passer friendly offenses. the spread is becoming a bigger part of offenses across the league and it is being done by some of the brightest OCs , accepted by the most progressive and innovative head coaches, and run by some of the best QBs in the league. you might (and probably already have) looked at that and thought “well, that just means that you have to be one of the best QBs to make it work” but what it really means is that the spread offense if becoming more of a valid and respectable offense and in a copycat league, you will see more teams doing it. also, it isn't just the top passing attacks that have done it. the 49ers were doing it pretty well this past season with alex smith and it probably would have continued to improve were it not for singletary turning schizo and getting fired. there are other teams doing it as well.

most of the talent coming through the college ranks are coming from the spread. those are the systems that they pretty much have grown up in. that is the type of offense that they are the most fluent in and is what helped them get noticed by pro scouts. many of the best and most progressive minded teams are realizing that rather than trying to fit a round peg into a square hole, the best thing to do is to tailor your offense to fit what the players, esp. the QBs already do. they have seen how productive it can be. those that have used it successfully have made it a legit option. this year you will see more teams using it as a significant part of their offense and those teams will be near the top of whatever division and conference they are in.

i'm sure there are those traditionalists who will continue to dig their heels in the ground and keep fighting against it and keep saying that the spread offense isn't a pro offense, but those people will fall by the wayside just like they did when they criticized air coryell or the forward pass.

[Actionman0z]

Hey remember when Clausen threw that 88 yard TD to Gettis last year, that was progress right?? .... Oh wait that was Brian St. Diaper Duty, off the couch with a GUT!

[Actionman0z]

Look back a couple of years and you'll find similar predictions about the Wildcat.

It happens a lot. Some new offensive wrinkle takes hold and everyone tries it, until somebody finds the best way to defend it, then it fizzles. Very few actually catch on and stick. Could the Spread? Maybe, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Related question: What DC was one of the best at controlling Peyton's attack last season?

The DC for the JETS

[monstercat]

The spread is not a "wrinkle" anyway, it's a system of offense. The wildcat is a wrinkle.

[rayzor]

The spread is not a "wrinkle" anyway, it's a system of offense. The wildcat is a wrinkle.

yep.

[micnificent28]

take cam. sit him for a year,but get him some touches in the "wildcat wrinkle" simple offense. You don't give him a ton of reads bring him along slow.

[teeray]

take cam. sit him for a year,but get him some touches in the "wildcat wrinkle" simple offense. You don't give him a ton of reads bring him along slow.

Didn't you know? He has already been declared a bust no matter what he does or how hard he works.

[monstercat]

Didn't you know? He has already been declared a bust no matter what he does or how hard he works.

Which is weird since most of the people who think Cam will be a bust are the same people who think that the right QB coach can mold anybody, regardless of their talent level, into a franchise QB. Go figure...

[teeray]

Which is weird since most of the people who think Cam will be a bust are the same people who think that the right QB coach can mold anybody, regardless of their talent level, into a franchise QB. Go figure...

:smilielol5:

[Mr. Scot]

The DC for the JETS

Actually, the answer I was looking for was this guy.