(02-21-2018, 07:51 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(02-21-2018, 03:37 AM)Upper Wrote: Pro-style offense =/= taking snaps under center...which is what I think you are trying to say. Heavy shotgun is the norm for most teams now.

Louisville's offense had Lamar doing more complex route concepts, pre snap reads, and audibling/adjusting than the other QBs. Almost every evaluator you read will say that.

Nothing like the way Louisville does it.  What NFL teams run their offense the way that the Cards do with Jackson?  Car. Is the only team thats even close.  He has even stated that he changed his offense to fit what Jackson can do best, which is run.  The only thing pre snap Jackson really does is decide if he wants to take off and run the ball.  Watch a Louisville game, if that looks like a pro style offense to you I don't know what to say.  The offense he runs in college will never work for him.  He would be on IR by mid season, he doesn't have the body type like a Cam Newton or a Tebow, won't be able to take that many hits

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(02-21-2018, 03:37 AM)Upper Wrote: Pro-style offense =/= taking snaps under center...which is what I think you are trying to say. Heavy shotgun is the norm for most teams now.

Louisville's offense had Lamar doing more complex route concepts, pre snap reads, and audibling/adjusting than the other QBs. Almost every evaluator you read will say that.

http://www.espn.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/9...ar-jackson

Rosen and Lamar have the most complex offenses out of all the QBs this year. They have the most NFL type concepts and require a higher level of mental processing than the rest.  

And no Lamar has the ability to change calls pre snap, run motions, adjust to safeties alignment etc etc. Which is something most college QBs don't get to do.     

He's one of the best running QBs we've ever seen. It would be malpractice to NOT run him like that. Particularly with the Louisville Oline being so bad. 

Important to look at Lamar and be able to parse the traits which translate to the NFL , be able to look at the offense and see how it resembles and NFL one and also acknowledge that Lamar isn't going to run as much as that in the NFL at all.     

Which college QBs over the last few years have ran an offense with more NFL concepts than Lamar over the years? Theres been a few but I'm interested to hear your take on them.

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