Umm maybe because he didnt catch the league by suprise in year 2, like he did year 1...
Romo himself knew that the offense would struggle with Dak this year because of this
I’ve always argued that once the league has an entire off season to have the defensive coordinators, coaches, assistant coaches, and interns break down film on a player and determine tendencies, strengths, and weaknesses it’s a different ball game.
Everyone thought that the running qb was gonna be a big hit when RG3 was a rookie. Wow this is unstoppable ect...well it’s not a big “hot” trend anymore.
The 2012 season saw more NFL teams adopt the option offense, the most prominent being the
Washington Commanders, the
Seattle Seahawks and the
San Francisco 49ers.
[20][21] 49ers quarterback
Colin Kaepernick rushed for 181 yards (a NFL single game record for a QB) on 16 carries using the read option out of the
pistol formation vs. the
Green Bay Packers in a
Divisional Playoff game on January 12, 2013. As a team, the
San Francisco 49ers rushed for 323 yards on 43 carries.
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The 2013 season saw University of Oregon's head coach
Chip Kelly move to the NFL to take the head coaching job for the Philadelphia Eagles. At the start of the season,
Michael Vick was named the starting QB and the read option was used with Vick's athletic ability to take advantage of running situations for the quarterback. However, by the 6th week, Vick was injured and
Nick Foles took over as starter. Even though Foles had less running ability than Vick, the read option was continued and used successfully. The theory that the read option can work even with pocket passers is that as long as the quarterback can get positive yardage, big gains are not necessary as it keeps the defense honest.
The use of the read option in the NFL has been somewhat controversial, the main reason being that it puts the QB at greater risk of injury.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Option_offense