Is the read option here to stay?

LSSpam said

To put it differently, if you're a team like the 49ers or Washington, you might want to run it 3 -5 times in a game just to make opposing defenses respect your respective pistol or shotgun sets a bit more, to change how they defend them at base. But you're not going to run 15-20 read option handoffs like you see at the college level by any team I don't think.


And, by the way, as a bit of a non-sequitor, I DO think the pistol formation will infiltrate the NFL and is here to stay.

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This is what makes the system that the niners/skins run so dangerous. Lining the rb back behind the qb is an interesting twist. Its deeper than the option or the wildcat. The thing about it is that these guys can throw and it forces the D to remain honest the whole game. I agree that next year will be a better test because defenses will adapt, but the system itself is not a fad. Its not like Vick, who is an average passer at best. Colin and RGIII are the future I believe, because there just as dangerous with their arm. RGIII got injured on a scramble and not sliding fast enough, not a designed play. So I think the pistol and its read component are here to stay. my 2 cents.