Originally posted by Fattyb
Everthing evolves and football is no different, today every or almost every high school in the nation is running some sort of spread offense and it is really getting pushed up to the college level now. Look at Michigan as an example of a normally slow power running team in a slow power running conference changing to the spread and you can see it is starting to catch on. The NFL takes a few years to catch up but you can see it at Miami with the wildcat formation, the spread is comming! It is comming just like the west coast offense did. It's only a matter of time before the Brady's and Mannings are out dated dinasoaurs, it will happen.....
Okay, now that's just funny. Your theory is that advanced football tactis are formulated in high school programs, then work their way up through the college systems and finally into the Pros? LMFAO! High school and college programs can run certain types of formations and get away with them because the players aren't as good at that level as in the NFL. Every player in the NFL was one of the best players on his team in college. Plays like the option just don't work because LB's and DE's are just too fast. The "wildcat" formation that the Fins use is a variation of the single wing formation that was popular when the NFL was just getting started. Gimmicky plays like this appear all the time, then defensive coordinators figure out how to stuff them and they go away again.
Talented, pocket passing QB's like Manning and Brady will always be a prime commodity in the NFL.