There are plenty of wide receivers with speed. Route running limits the universe, but not for a P5 team. The hybrid TE is tougher to find, mainly because of blocking temperament.
The QB doesn't have to have a cannon arm, but a deft touch long, and accuracy in the short and intermediate depths.
The real requirement is the back side Tackle, and a competent O line from there.
A RB with breakaway moves and YAC will make the offense virtually unstoppable.
I agree that tossing the ball around in space is the way to go. However, bc of the huge talent requirement for pro spreads, I don’t see it as a feasible system for all but maybe three to five schools. So where does that leave everyone else? Do you find the air raid systems next best? Particularly those that incorporate a TE? Kittley, for example, ran plenty of 10p drop back but he also used a TE / H back to run the ball and utilize hard play action. Same for Ross at Incarnate Word (now at Wazzou) who basically ran the same system. Then you have Dykes running the so called “power raid” which regularly uses a TE hybrid that will line up offset to the line or flexed out. Wouldn’t these type systems be better to emulate than a pro spread? Or better yet, what about the “super spreads” at Ole Miss, Arkansas, and Tennessee. I personally feel Kiffen is doing it right by mixing the “Briles raid” with some west coast concepts.
There are plenty of wide receivers with speed. Route running limits the universe, but not for a P5 team. The hybrid TE is tougher to find, mainly because of blocking temperament.
The QB doesn't have to have a cannon arm, but a deft touch long, and accuracy in the short and intermediate depths.
The real requirement is the back side Tackle, and a competent O line from there.
A RB with breakaway moves and YAC will make the offense virtually unstoppable.
I agree that tossing the ball around in space is the way to go. However, bc of the huge talent requirement for pro spreads, I don’t see it as a feasible system for all but maybe three to five schools. So where does that leave everyone else? Do you find the air raid systems next best? Particularly those that incorporate a TE? Kittley, for example, ran plenty of 10p drop back but he also used a TE / H back to run the ball and utilize hard play action. Same for Ross at Incarnate Word (now at Wazzou) who basically ran the same system. Then you have Dykes running the so called “power raid” which regularly uses a TE hybrid that will line up offset to the line or flexed out. Wouldn’t these type systems be better to emulate than a pro spread? Or better yet, what about the “super spreads” at Ole Miss, Arkansas, and Tennessee. I personally feel Kiffen is doing it right by mixing the “Briles raid” with some west coast concepts.
I think the number of teams who can do this is much higher.
For instance, the 2008-09 Longhorns weren’t about having loads of talent so much as having loads of skilled seniors.