Popeyejones":14ntf2ia said:
WIlson was a QB who could scramble, who also kept the ball on read/options sometimes (pretty similar to Kaepernick in how he was used back then).
RGIII was a variant on that, except rather than being a package the read/option was the core identity of their offense, and Shanahan was scheming the pass game off of it too (for Wilson and Kaepernick the pass game was pretty divorced from the read/option).
Lamar Jackson is different. What they're doing with him is like if you took what Shanahan was doing with RGIII, and then went back before the read/option and took what the Dolphins were doing with the Wildcat, but running the Wildcat with an actual QB and branching pass plays off of both of those things with a bunch of RPOs thrown in too.
It's basically taking three big offensive innovations (at the NFL level) from the last decade and mashing them together into a coherent scheme in which they're all branching off of each other rather than being isolated packages that get trotted out sometimes.
It's impressive.
As a fan of the game, I agree.
You like to see variety of offensive schemes. The 2015 Panthers were using Cam a bit as an RB, wishbone formations too...pretty crazy.
If I was Roman, I wouldn't be emptying my load this early in the season with everything. I can't imagine there's much more in his arsenal than what has been put on film.
He should remember how Kap was held back until the playoffs, and then Green Bay had no answer for him.
At what point do you not trust Jackson as a real QB? Is he really the one read limited QB we saw in the playoffs last?
IMO they shoulda tanked the Patriots game, and perhaps the 49er game too, but alas I know they won't this weekend, so it will be fun to watch. :irishdrinkers:
