Spread Offense vs Pro Style Quarterbacks in the NFL Draft

Be careful when it comes to the Spread Offense quarterback!

It’s already hard enough on NFL personnel people to evaluate a college quarterback. And the Spread Offense catching fire at the collegiate level has made it even harder. You can’t just look at a quarterback prospect’s physical attributes and stats to tell the story.

Spread Offense quarterbacks don’t have to do what pro style quarterbacks do. They don’t call plays in the huddle, audible or throw the ball down the field into tight windows. They don’t go through many progressions or throw with anticipation either.

Many forget that the Spread Offense is just the K-Gun, the Run and Shoot Offense in the shotgun. The running game just has a quarterback option to it. But as passers, the quarterbacks have inflated stats just like Andre Ware and David Klingler back in ’90s.

For those that don’t know, Ware and Klingler threw for a ton of yards in college and busted in the NFL. And as far as the running part of it goes, quarterbacks get broke off (injured) when they run too much. So NFL teams should be reluctant to draft a Spread quarterback.

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