combatbengal Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Why don't teams in the NFL use the wish bone or the QB option? I know that most teams want to protect the QB but I think some of them can handle the option!Baseball season last forever and so does basketball season. Who would like to see football season last longer then it does now? I for one would love to see a few more games added to the season.Should these new draft picks make millions of $$ prior to prooving themselves in the NFL? I say no, let them play a year or two and prove that they can play then give them the big contract! Look at the kickers (yes some say that they aren't football players, but they do make clutch kicks and some times clutch tackles). They don't come in the NFL making huge $$. They have to prove themselves 1st! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Next_Big_Thing Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 In the NFL, linebackers are far too quick for the option or wishbone to work. Baseball and Basketball seasons SUCK because they are too damned long. In baseball especially, teams play at least twice as many games as are necessary. Hell, they need a BREAK in the middle of the season it's so long. Pro Basketball sucks too, because none of the games really matter in the long run. Just about everyone gets into the playoffs anyway. Football has a great season length. If anything, pre-season games should be eliminated to keep players healthier, playing more seasons, etc.If you ask me, no pro sports player should be making over a million bucks a year. Tickets should be $50 for the best damned seats in the house at any stadium for any game, including playoffs. Beer should be $1.50 and not $150. The greedy ass players have inflated the costs to owners, which has in turn inflated the cost to fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengal4life Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 My beers used to be free in the stadium until they started those damn pat downs. I still get a couple in though. Best thing about it the beer man by my seats could care less as long as I tip him well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 I read a note a couple weeks back that the Titans were going to install an option system for Vince Young...can't recall where, if I run across it again I'll post it...Here it is:http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/9447461 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengal4life Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 I'm surprised that the Titan's would actually release that information. I also don't know why they would be working on that right now anyways; I don't see Young starting for another year unless injuries occur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrandom42 Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Why don't teams in the NFL use the wish bone or the QB option? I know that most teams want to protect the QB but I think some of them can handle the option!Darryl Rodgers attempted to use the Wishbone when he was head coach of the Lions, and that went rapidly nowhere. Most teams went 8-9 guys in the box, ignoring the pass, which they could safely do (why would a passing team use a run-oriented offense like the Wishbone?). Attempting to run the option wide was an invitation to disaster, from dropped tosses, to linebackers faster than halfbacks, to smashed quarterbacks on each play. Rodgers got the hook after one season, and no one has even attempted to run anything similar even in preseason since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesperateDerelict Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Why don't teams in the NFL use the wish bone or the QB option? I know that most teams want to protect the QB but I think some of them can handle the option!I remember seeing it run twice in a row during a Monday night "Replacement" game 20-plus years ago - the second time it was executed, the QB and halfback were decked simultaneously by a DE and an LB - the announcers couldn't stop laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalboomer7 Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 I wouldn't balme the players cause they make millions, I'd blame the owners. Eventually, the players just said, "Hey, we're busting our ass so some pompous white dude makes millions. I need some rims, I gotta get paid!"(That is a direct quote!) The owners are usually at the bottom of about every problem in pro sports. Take the steroids scandal. Everyone knew, but home runs were making the owners so muich money they just turned away. The regualr season of baseball and basketball do SUCK MAJOR DONKEY BALLS. MLB playoffs are great and so far this year so has the NBA'sThere's a good Cris Rock stand up that addresses this. Shaq is rich, the guy who signs Shaq checks is wealthy. NOw, go get ya some rims SHAQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekshank Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 I'm surprised that the Titan's would actually release that information. I also don't know why they would be working on that right now anyways; I don't see Young starting for another year unless injuries occur.It doesn't surprise me that much. If a team runs the QB option, even once, that is something the opposing defense has to account for in their planning, and it is something that NFL defenses aren't used to defending... so running the play even one time really is quite effective... even if the play itself isn't. It is kind of like the whole trick play thing. Running it once forces the defense to have to account for it... and even if you never run it again... having a Randle El forces a team to be ready for it. If you have a QB that is atheletic enough to do it, it makes sense to try to run it every once in a while. However, If you run the Nebraska Offense in the NFL, it will never work because of superior LB play. It doesn't even work in college anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK Bengal Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 most of the britball teams use the option play but then again they are all smoking and heavy drinking lardarses that couldnt run the 40 in an hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalboomer7 Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 most of the britball teams use the option play but then again they are all smoking and heavy drinking lardarses that couldnt run the 40 in an hour Sounds perfect, how can I get a tryout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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