Why do you think NFL doesnt use option plays?

[RoadRunner]

Because they don't work

Any play can work. Its the percentage of success that is the factor, and the option is low percentage at the NFL level.

 

[tyke1doe]

The NFL is about the quarterback. If you don't have a good quarterback or one who plays the position like a traditional quarterback, chances are you're not going to win.

If the NFL knows this, then any good quarterback who runs the option will be targeted for a vicious hit even if he options the ball.

Then you're down a good quarterback, one who will be needed when passing is required to win football games.

Second, most option quarterbacks have speed. For every Vick and Young (who probably could run the option), there's a Romo, Eli and Peyton who are excellent throwing quarterbacks but who don't have the foot speed to run the option.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

The NFL is dictated on who can win the passing efficiency game. Everybody has alluded to the QB's getting injured which is obviously important, but there's a reason why the NFL covets pocket passers. If you can throw the ball effectively, you've won half the battle. Vick ran the ball great at Atlanta and for the most part the Falcons were woefully unsuccesful and didn't have the greatest offense in the world. Give me a Matt Ryan who can throw the ball efficiently from the pocket instead.



YAKUZA

 

[the kid 05]

You want your QB running, unblocked towards DeMarcus Ware, whose assignment on the play would be to hit the QB directly between the numbers and force the pitch?

Me neither.

I would be asking my self why is Ware on the other team rushing Romo and not on the side lines reviewing the last few drives of defense...

but yes I would want another team to do that and let Ware smash the crap out of him

 

[links18]

We never ran the option for considerable yardage, unless by "considerable" you mean "negative."

Your memory is faulty. Q. Carter to T. Hambrick option play went for at least 20 yards plus on one occasion in 2001 or 2002--might have been preseason. Ernie Mills to Emmitt option play produced a big gain that was almost a TD except Emmitt ran out of bounds in 1998.

 

[jimmy40]

I mean especially with the faster qbs.It never seemed to crossover into the NFL.I never understood why.The pitchout itself is usually successful.I would think with the QB able to run or pitch would be a sweet play.

You would need 16 Jamel Holloways to make it through the regular season and there was only one Jamel Holloway.

 

[ArmyCowboy]

1- It tends to get your QB hurt. With very few exceptions, NFL Qbs get paid to pass, not run.

2- As other have said, NFL defenses are simply too fast. That's why sweeps rarely work.

3- Chances for a turnover are great. When a QB is running and making a blind pitch, there's a very good chance the ball will end up on the ground.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

The biggest reason people should take from this is this...

It's the NFL, not college.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Your memory is faulty. Q. Carter to T. Hambrick option play went for at least 20 yards plus on one occasion in 2001 or 2002--might have been preseason. Ernie Mills to Emmitt option play produced a big gain that was almost a TD except Emmitt ran out of bounds in 1998.

Proof?

 

[dcfanatic]

I mean especially with the faster qbs.It never seemed to crossover into the NFL.I never understood why.The pitchout itself is usually successful.I would think with the QB able to run or pitch would be a sweet play.

Because after the ball leaves that QB's hands he is still going to get killed by a massive LB/DE.

The QB is a pretty boy in this league.

They don't even hit them in practice.

 

[DaBoys4Life]

we ran the option with Quincy.

 

[DaBoys4Life]

Because after the ball leaves that QB's hands he is still going to get killed by a massive LB/DE.

The QB is a pretty boy in this league.

They don't even hit them in practice.

QB don't get hit in practice at any level of football

 

[burmafrd]

You would need at least 3 qbs of equal running and passing ability to make it work. Then you would need O linemen that could get forward and interrupt the LBs moving laterally so that the QB and PItch man would each have one on one shots. That is a lot to ask.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

NFL teams do use option plays, albeit sparingly. Romo and Choice ran an option of sorts against Baltimore last season.

There are many reasons the option isn't run with great frequency at the NFL level. Aside from the reason that's already been enumerated (risk of injury to the quarterback), there's also the problem of personnel; in order to run the option consistently, teams require a certain type of offensive lineman. While this type of lineman excels in run blocking, it tends to lack the athleticism to pass block consistently and effectively.

During Bill Callahan's brief stint as head coach of Nebraska, he scrapped the team's vaunted and long-tenured option offense in favor of a pass-oriented west coast offense. Unfortunately, he was stuck with linemen that had been recruited specifically to run an option offense; consequently, his pass protection was porous; his offense was seldom effective; and, he was fired after only a few seasons.

NFL offenses must be multifaceted, and option offenses are intrinsically one-dimensional.

 

[links18]

Proof?

Yeah, I'll just upload that game from 1998--I have that right here.

 

[casmith07]

QB don't get hit in practice at any level of football

When I played in high school and when I was little, we hit 100% in practice all the time unless it was a walkthrough.

 

[casmith07]

Yeah, I'll just upload that game from 1998--I have that right here.

no proof it didn't happen! :

 

[dbair1967]

Vick is a tad faster then any LB.Vince Young as well.

And both suck beyond belief as passers, hence teams would know that when they come in games, its probably going to be a run.

 

[dbair1967]

we ran the option with Quincy.

because with him on the field, that was a safe play...definitely better than him dropping back to pass

 

[rkell87]

an option offense could not be successful in the nfl for all the reasons listed....that being said once v.young is named the starter once again the speed option,from the shotgun,i believe, would be successful on occasion with the fastest qb in the league+the fastest running back in chris johnson=big play potential.