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Read option won't catch NFL teams by surprise this season - NFL - CBSSports.com News, Rumors, Scores, Stats, Fantasy
The article goes on to give some quotes from other defensive and head coaches and summarizes by saying it is widely considered that the read zone will go the way of the wildcat sooner rather than later.
If you agree that this is likely the case, then which team running it now does it hurt the worst? I believe I read last year that Seattle ran it fewer than 20 times a game. We know RGIII runs it heavily and Kaepernick ran his share, but does Wilson still continue being as productive without the run threat?
Do you disagree and believe the read zone schemes will be around for some time to come?
What's next for the read option?
After what it did for Washington, Seattle and San Francisco last season, you would think we would see more of it in 2013 ... and maybe we will. Only this time defenses will be prepared, with coaches spending so much offseason time studying the scheme that Pittsburgh's Mike Tomlin predicted a short shelf life -- calling it "the flavor of the month."
The article goes on to give some quotes from other defensive and head coaches and summarizes by saying it is widely considered that the read zone will go the way of the wildcat sooner rather than later.
If you agree that this is likely the case, then which team running it now does it hurt the worst? I believe I read last year that Seattle ran it fewer than 20 times a game. We know RGIII runs it heavily and Kaepernick ran his share, but does Wilson still continue being as productive without the run threat?
Do you disagree and believe the read zone schemes will be around for some time to come?