Updated Feb 21, 2013 - 2:25 pm
Read-option offense won't be short-lived
Indianapolis Star columnist Bob Kravitz thought Russell Wilson was slightly more deserving than Robert Griffin III and Andrew Luck for the NFL's offensive rookie of the year award.
But asked which quarterback he'd take among the three, Kravitz said he'd go with Luck. His reasoning?
"I still believe that the old-style quarterbacking is what's going to last in this league," Kravitz told "Brock and Salk" on Tuesday.
Kravitz, calling in from the scouting combine in Indianapolis, said he agreed with a comment he had just heard from Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians, who was Luck's offensive coordinator last season.
"He was saying that defensive coordinators are going to figure out the pistol and the read-option within a year or two," Kravitz said. "... I still think that to win Super Bowls, you've got to win it from the pocket, as did Joe Flacco. It's great if you can run a little bit, but I don't think that can be the core of your offense. ... Going forward, I don't think that type of offense has staying power in this league."
In the video below, Brock Huard and Mike Salk explain why they disagree with that notion.
You can listen to Thursday's show here.
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lftwrench wrote...Read option, MikeFebruary 21, 2013 3:22 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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egTman wrote...It's just one more tool in the tool box...February 23, 2013 8:42 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Rayvensdad wrote...Well said gentlemen...February 23, 2013 11:30 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Brock Huard has co-hosted the show since 2009. After earning Gatorade Player of the Year honors at Puyallup High School, Brock went on to a record-setting career at Washington and then spent six years in the NFL, including four with the Seahawks. Brock also works for ESPN as a college football analyst in the booth and the studio. He makes his home on the Eastside with his wife Molly and their three young children.
Danny O'Neil, the new co-host of "Brock and Danny", is the son of a logger, a graduate of the University of Washington and has been a working journalist in Seattle since 1999, first at newspapers and since 2012 at 710 ESPN Seattle. He is married to Sharon Pian Chan, associate opinions editor at The Seattle Times. They live on Capitol Hill with their wrinkled, smelly dog.
