Which is worse, the spread offense, or the defense giving nickel glances?
With all the recent rule changes the National Football League NFL (i.e. American Football) is implementing, the game is turning more and more into an offensive game. The NFL is turning into an offensive style joke and making it harder for defenses to guard. By having a spread offense especially in the NFL today, it opens the field up and makes it very difficult for the secondary to cover. Had you asked this question 10 years ago, I would be able to argue differently. But given that the NFL wants more scoring since the recent rule changes on giving offensive wide receivers 5 yards or the new rule change last week regarding a player cannot tackle someone on their blind side (i.e. protect players from cheap shots, etc.) I just think the rules and regulations committee is ruining the game and focusing on making it an offensive scoring clinic. Sources: It is your opinion.
I think the spread is a poor offense, personally. If you have a VERY good QB and some sure handed receivers who are fearless, then OK, but that doesn’t happen often. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Defending-the-Spread-Offense/John-Rice/e/9781585188871 Defending the Spread Offense by John Rice: Book Cover * Defending the Spread Offense Noted author and coach of 20 years John Rice examines why the spread offense has become so prevalent in the last few years, and then offers the philosophy, concepts, tips and diagrams of current defensive strategies that will provide the reader with the necessary tools to successfully defend against the spread offense. Includes information on formulating a defensive strategy, attacking various pass protection schemes, the 4-2-5 nickel versus the spread offense, the 3-3-5 nickel versus the spread offense, the dime package versus the spread
Spread offense also spreading opportunities Ray Glier Special to Rivals High Twenty years from now, a young high school assistant coach is going to be helping clear out the office of the just retired head coach, and the young coach is going to find an old playbook on a dusty shelf. He is going to flip through it and see nomenclature he is unfamiliar with. “TE” and “FB” and “I”. In the era of the spread offense, with three and four wide receivers and the empty backfield, tight ends (TE), fullbacks (FB), and tailbacks (I-back) are becoming a thing of the past. You can already see the change when it comes to recruiting. Not everyone agrees, but the spread of the spread offense has college recruiters looking for more defensive backs and one less linebacker in recruiting classes. The premier tight end is getting harder and harder to find. The fullback? Forget it. “The spread is going to have a major effect on recruiting because so many high school teams are going to the spread, whether they
