To Read Option, or Not

[The Goat]

There's no way to tell what the Niners and/or Seahawks would do in our situation i.e. using a 2nd overall pick they mortgaged the future of the franchise to get as a RB. Whether Wilson/Kaepernick are considered franchise QBs is debatable, but it's irrelevant to the discussion because those situations are nothing like ours.

I guess you can believe the hype about the read-option, but it was run very well by San Fran and was basically shut down by the first great/disciplined defense they faced in the playoffs. And that was on minimal game tape and review. Every defensive coordinator/unit in the league has time to review it now. Betting on the read-option is a long-shot at this point, unless you've predetermined you cannot compete with a traditional offensive system ala the Ravens, Pats, Broncos, Giants, Saints and Packers.

The weight of evidence here isn't even close at this point.