To Read Option, or Not

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Originally Posted by The Goat

Maybe it's semantics to some, but until a team running the read-option wins the SB it's a gimmick to me. And I don't think it's an accident we don't see the very best teams who have very mobile QBs running it i.e. Aaron Rogers has fantastic mobility and shows it plenty to scramble/extend plays, but you don't see Mike McCarthy sending Rogers up the gut with the pigskin. It's retarded to use your franchise QB as a running back, period. Another enchilada to use a guy like Kaepernick or Wilson who cost you very little.

I think that the 49ers and Seahawks would argue that their qbs are franchise qbs. And I don't like sticking up for another team, but the 49ers proved that they were one of the best teams in the nfl.

And I don't want to start arguing about the details of the read option and the misconception of using the qb as a running back.