10 years from now: Football...

[vegashawki]

As time goes on quarterbacks are getting more and more accurate.

??? Are they practicing more than our previous quarterbacks? Perhaps people started "breeding" to create a special athlete to be a more accurate passer? What exactly do you mean? Has there been less INT's than in 1945? Honest question as you lost me.

 

[PCHawk]

??? Are they practicing more than our previous quarterbacks? Perhaps people started "breeding" to create a special athlete to be a more accurate passer? What exactly do you mean? Has there been less INT's than in 1945? Honest question as you lost me.

You really don't think quarterbacks are more talented then they were in 1945?

 

[vegashawki]

You really don't think quarterbacks are more talented then they were in 1945?

How much more accurate are they going to be in 2020 then they are today?

 

[PCHawk]

There would be pretty much no difference in 8 years

 

[thejumper5]

??? Are they practicing more than our previous quarterbacks? Perhaps people started "breeding" to create a special athlete to be a more accurate passer? What exactly do you mean? Has there been less INT's than in 1945? Honest question as you lost me.

There's an increasing number of 7 on 7 youth leagues that develop better passing skills for more young quarterbacks. In the past, football was a seasonal sport and most youth and high school teams ran the ball primarily. Today, youth and high school football is a pass happy, year round sport.

 

[PCHawk]

There's an increasing number of 7 on 7 youth leagues that develop better passing skills for more young quarterbacks. In the past, football was a seasonal sport and most youth and high school teams ran the ball primarily. Today, youth and high school football is a pass happy, year round sport.

This too but I was thinking more of the natural evolution of people getting bigger and better at everything. Also with population increase, the best of 8 billion people is probably better then the best of 7 billion.

 

[vegashawki]

Wasn't trying to be an ***. I think it has to do with more WR's on the field and quick passes not necessarily that much better of QB. I do think LB will get smaller and faster defenses but I don't see it being anymore common than it is already. You will always have Iowa Wisconsin teams that will not conform or change their style of play.

 

[RosemaryChknHwk]

Iowa always seems to be on the wrong side of the cycle.

 

[Golfer]

Defense wins championships. At every level. Ask Texas. Later on this season, ask West Virginia. Ask Nebraska. They stacked the box, and tOSU read at the line, and ran or threw around it, or threw over it, all night long.

At least that's what I saw.

 

[tm3308]

Defense wins championships. At every level. Ask Texas. Later on this season, ask West Virginia. Ask Nebraska. They stacked the box, and tOSU read at the line, and ran or threw around it, or threw over it, all night long.

At least that's what I saw.

Offense wins games, defense wins championships. When it comes title time, you take the defense. But it often takes more than just great defense to get a seat at the table.

 

[franstheman]

A good defense is more likely to consistently keep you in games vs. good teams due to it's ability to set up the offense with good field position because more likely than not even a below average offense can find some success when given a short field. A bad defense is less helped by a good offense because no matter where you are on the field if you can't stop someone you can't stop someone.

 

[eyekwah]

Predicting the future is fraught with peril. What the rules of play are today are not necessarily the rules of the future. It would only take a rule change to end these spread type offenses.

I'll give an example. If the QB is the only back behind the line of scrimmage and all other players are within one yard of the line of scrimmage then the QB is not allowed to run pass the line of scrimmage, he must pass.

One only has to look at the kick off rule changes to see how they have impacted games. It was done for safety reasons. Right now QB's are pretty much untouchable behind the LOS. If they do run they can slide without peril. The defense is at such disadvantage under the current rules.

 

[Palpatine]

Predicting the future is fraught with peril. What the rules of play are today are not necessarily the rules of the future. It would only take a rule change to end these spread type offenses.

I'll give an example. If the QB is the only back behind the line of scrimmage and all other players are within one yard of the line of scrimmage then the QB is not allowed to run pass the line of scrimmage, he must pass.

One only has to look at the kick off rule changes to see how they have impacted games. It was done for safety reasons. Right now QB's are pretty much untouchable behind the LOS. If they do run they can slide without peril. The defense is at such disadvantage under the current rules.

The one constant in the whole cycle of run vs. pass is the move toward more "safety." Good insight, eyekwah.

 

[jfish06]

Unless your USC, Alabama, LSU, Florida St & Florida. They'll continue to run tradional or semi tradional offense and defense and beat the living **** out of the WVUs of the world because they have better players, particularly on defense.

Answer to OP's post may be true...but to win a title I don't see it as completely commonplace.

Name the last team that won a National Championship with a TRUE spread offense? <crickets>
Answer is: No one. Teams may have shown spread, but were more true to pro-style with some Wildcat mixed in <Tebow & Newton>....or completely pro-style.

Xerxes hit it on the head. Case in point. Oregon was beaten by Auburn in BCS and again by LSU last year in early season game. For the sake of all that is bad about the $EC I hope a team like Oregon wins the NC, but I don't see spread teams winning a NC as a common occurrence. Defense (w/ athleticism) and controlling the clock wins championships.