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Originally Posted by Semichief
I’m not sure what you think constitutes a “real offense”, but your list of guys who run so-called gadget offenses (?) have 3 MVP’s and 2 Super Bowl appearances among them. That’s a hell of a lot more than Cousins has accomplished.
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You don't? Seems obvious to most of the NFL. Whether you call it 'Air Raid,' or whatever, these running QBs that can only operate effectively from the shotgun/pistol/RPO where they're only asked to make one or two reads or just tuck it and run.
Hell, Spags has been running basically the same defense against all those types of QBs for years now. Take away the RBs, clog up the middle, go press vs. the outside WRs and dare these guys stand and read the defense, go through their progressions and throw from the pocket.
Which they can't do with any consistency.
I mean, with a great defense and great weapons and a really good/great coaching staff sometimes these kinds of QBs can be successful. For a season or two. But there's a reason running QBs don't win rings. just ask Steve Young. He's always said that he never would've won a ring until he finally figured out how to play QB from the pocket.
Kirk is a very good pocket passer, which means you could probably drop him into almost any team and he'd be at least functional, and more often than not, he'd win you 10 games. Put Lamar on any team where he'd be required to make pre-snap adjustments to the defensive alignments, go through his progressions, understand where his hots were, etc. and see how that works out.
Nevermind, we have a perfect example already: the second half of this past AFCCG (or pretty much every game Spags has been DC vs. BAL). Spags pushed him to stay in the pocket and give up on that RPO crap, and what happened?
The tape speaks for itself.