Why option works, and why it won't continue

[TonyRomo09]

Preface, this is my opinion/thoughts. not to be states as fact, just didn't want a gargantuan thread title.. heh

I was thinking about the game and how it has progressed through the 80s>90s>00's.

It has steadily become more and more a passing game. I think that is obvious. And it occurs to me that at some point there was a thought..

Why was it so successful? Cause Defenses were built to stop the run.. So a team could pass on teams easier... Flash forward to today... for 30 years defenses have been transitioning to stop the pass.. you have 5th corners getting on the field, you get after the QB, you have LBs who can run with pass catching TEs...

Eventually someone is going to notice that 95% of Teams are trotting Squirtle out there on defense to counter the typical Charmander Offense and switch things up... One team throws a Bulbasoar offense out there and find a lot of success.. The NFL is a Copycat league. so there are going to be more Bulba offenses next season.. At some point the Bulbasaurs will outnumber the Charmander offenses. and Defensive coordinators will have to bench Squirtle for the Charmander Defense...

We might be going into a Option Era.. but everything happens quicker these days and defenses will adjust.. then you will see the next wave of Passing powerhouses dominate again.

 

[mmohican29]

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[Hoods]

But what happens when teams start fielding Pikachus?

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Your point here is valid. But I'm thinking Pokemon metaphors were, perhaps, not the best means of explaining your argument.

 

[cannonball44]

we Gotta catch em all!!

 

[pugilist]

lol Pokemon??

now I've heard it all

 

[speedkilz88]

I was wondering wth he was talking about. A Pokemon analogy, I guess we've seen it all now.

 

[FiveRings]

How not to be taken seriously: Incorporate Pokemon as the base of your arguememt

 

[TonyRomo09]

well, I thought Rock paper scissor would be a bit too abstract in relation to offense vs. defense.. lol guess I was wrong. gosh all you guys are too old.

 

[tommydo08]

This is the first time I've seen something like this happen here. I'm glad I understand because growing up as a 90s kid, Pokemon is no stranger to me.

 

[Corso]

lol Pokemon??

now I've heard it all

Ahhhh... Pokemon reference. I thought the drugs were kicking in...

 

[Vintage]

Pittman4Two's new username?

 

[dstovall5]

Way happens if you "throw" out a Charizard, say instead of a Charmander?

 

[fortdick]

Your point here is valid. But I'm thinking Pokemon metaphors were, perhaps, not the best means of explaining your argument.

Is that what they were? I don't watch Pokémon.

Bottom line is, the read option is something unexpected. Last game of last year, Ware was crashing in on the dive back and letting RG III go free. That is not the job of the outside defender. He has to either turn up or string out the option. Whatever our dearly departed DC was thinking, he never made the adjustment and continued to have Ware read the inside run. Barry Switzer would have stopped that after the first attempt at the option.

Maybe modern players didn't see it enough in college to react. But in the 70's and 80's most colleges ran the option/wishbone. Oddly enough the 5-2 Okie defense (3-4 in modern parlance) ended it.

 

[FiveRings]

well, I thought Rock paper scissor would be a bit too abstract in relation to offense vs. defense.. lol guess I was wrong. gosh all you guys are too old.

Why are you using such zany analogies? Just speak in football terms! This is a football message board dude. Defenses loaded the box to stop the run in the 80's and 90's, offenses adapted by throwing, defenses adapted by playing nickle and dime packages, and now the tide is beginning to change again; it's all cyclical.

 

[Califan007]

Ok, I thought the OP was full of typos lol...

 

[TheCount]

Why are you using such zany analogies? Just speak in football terms! This is a football message board dude. Defenses loaded the box to stop the run in the 80's and 90's, offenses adapted by throwing, defenses adapted by playing nickle and dime packages, and now the tide is beginning to change again; it's all cyclical.

That's exactly what he said, actually.

 

[FiveRings]

That's exactly what he said, actually.

"At some point the Bulbasaurs will outnumber the Charmander offenses. and Defensive coordinators will have to bench Squirtle for the Charmander Defense..." riiiight...

 

[speedkilz88]

Next time go with a Rocky and Bullwinkle analogy.

 

[Staggerlee]

"At some point the Bulbasaurs will outnumber the Charmander offenses. and Defensive coordinators will have to bench Squirtle for the Charmander Defense..." riiiight...

We get it, you're too cool for pokemon references. Some of us may have enjoyed the novel approach. I know I did.