How long till M adopts the no-huddle?
How much success will Chip Kelly and the Eagles have to have this year to get Borges/Hoke to adopt the no-huddle? Do they have to get to the Super Bowl like San Francisco last year? Would it even happen then?
I understand feeling comfortable in the huddle, but with Gardner's last-second audible at the goal line and Hoke's “Anything under five (seconds), I’m getting nervous” statement, you'd think they would be interested in improving the time to get set. Especially in their "Nascar" mode.
Edit: Specifically, I'm talking about being able to get to the line quicker in order to make checks to beat the defense. I'm not referring to the high-tempo or variable-tempo offense Chip Kelly runs. I brought the Eagles question here because it's been suggested many times on this blog that the coaching staff will adopt things that have shown results in the pros.
Edit2: Whew, rough crowd. Got a good discussion going, though, so oh well! Thanks guys.
September 10th, 2013 at 5:42 PM ^
September 10th, 2013 at 5:45 PM ^
The passing spread was a gimmick that most every NFL team adopted. It has lasted a good amount of time thus far.
September 10th, 2013 at 5:59 PM ^
What exactly is the gimmick around not huddling? Seriously, I don't understand that. I don't know if the zone read will be proven to be a gimmick or a leap forward, but huddling is basically a means of calling plays. If there's another effective method that prevents the defense from substituting, I'm not sure how that can be a gimmick any more than changing the term "flanker" to "slot" would be a gimmick.
September 10th, 2013 at 8:20 PM ^
Also limts the amount of influence a d coordinator, such as Mattison, can have, to a certain degree.
September 10th, 2013 at 6:13 PM ^
First (full) year starting QB?
Tight ends and (many) RBs that don't know who to block even when they have 35 seconds to think?
Despite all our physical talent, it's probably one of these.
September 10th, 2013 at 11:00 PM ^
This is probably the correct answer. The relative inexperience of almost all the offensive players is what is keeping Borges from going no-huddle.
The last two years have probably been too much about figuring out how to use Denard and dealing with the various O-line issues to really get a solid no-huddle package installed. Now, with talent and depth at OL, RB, TE, they should have time to get everyone plenty of reps and experience, and slowly build the playbook to go toward no-huddle.
September 11th, 2013 at 9:21 PM ^
Yeah, seeing as how it was used by Hoke and Borges at SDSU, that sounds like a winning argument.
September 10th, 2013 at 11:07 PM ^
I seem to recall that Gary Moeller used to run no-huddle back in the early 90's.
been there done that 20 years ago. LOL