Is Denver running the option?

[bobblehead]

First, the NFL prior to the 1960's would like to speak to you.

Second, it IS working as most teams have adopted most, if not all, of the passing principles of the run and shoot and the spread into current offenses. So whack job college offenses always find their way into the NFL. If you don't think that shotgun offense with 3-5 WRs/TE/RB is a spread, then you simply have chosen to not believe your eyes.

Both Urban Meyer and Mike Leach think it would work and convention (coaching experience, draft strategy and roster construction) are what is keeping it from happening.

Tebow might be the first player who has the physical attributes to survive such a system (maybe Newton) that includes the QB run options.

Not only will it happen, but sometime soon, the Jets method (or to a lesser degree Ravens/Steelers) of stifling defense and run game will be married to a non-traditional pass offense to great success. Bad teams who are running a conventional NFL system that do not have the necessary players are simply deluding themselves that they will have a chance to win short term. Teams like the Lions and 49ers who have seemingly instant turnarounds would have no such hope were it not for years of drafting high in the first round. Which means years of losing must precede the winning window.

The real oddity I wonder about is whether teams, if they were dependent upon the gate and cash receipts rather than franchise valuation, would be more willing to try riskier schemes.

I think you are confusing my positions on issues. This thread title was about the option. I was referring to run first QB's, or offenses built around a QB's legs. They don't work.