Quarterbacks coming out of the spread Offense are all Hype

It is a battle of this and that, of before and after.

But with a pile of passing yards and a bucket of collegiate touchdowns in tow, Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel believes the wide-open, receivers-all-over-the-field offense now dominating leagues like the Big 12 would work just fine in the NFL. “I’ve been telling some coaches I think that’s the way the game’s going,” Daniel said. ” … And that I’m already there.”

Trouble is not many folks calling the shots in the NFL are ready to agree because “there” is deep in the backfield, lined up in the shotgun, several yards behind the center, taking the snap and slinging the ball around. Not once in a while. Not in just certain situations. No, all the time, every time and Daniel has done it in the same type of offense since he was in eighth grade.

And now he has plenty of company as college football is littered with various forms of the spread offense with quarterbacks, lined up deep in the backfield, ringing up the stats, teams gathering up the wins and fans filling the seats.

Then they finish college, try to move on to professional football and …

“They find a little trouble in our league,” said Washington Redskins coach Jim Zorn, a former quarterback. “They find, I think, they’ve got a portion of their game down and they’re pretty good at it, very talented at it. They know how to get the ball out quick, they know how to avoid, they learn how to make decisions with the ball, pulling it back, and make lots of plays.  read more>>