Don't you think there's a reason that the NFL doesn't use that type of offense though? I've often wondered why the college offenses don't work in the NFL and it seems to me that they work in college is because there are physical mismatches. A QB can produce because he's more athletic than most of the other team's players.
At the NFL level though, that doesn't work.
Now, I'm not saying that something innovative or different can't come along and succeed but I don't think the NFL is averse to it either. So, I have to wonder why there aren't QB's running around all over the place. Every decade there is a QB who runs around and can throw and he's going to break the mold of what we think of QB's. But it never lasts.
I think NFL defenses are just too fast and physical to expose a QB to that kind of pounding and that kind of exertion. It's one thing to outrun guys in college who aren't as fast or as big, but the roles are reversed in the NFL.
One might say that Brian Kelly is running a so-called college offense in the NFL right now and opening the eyes of those who say or said it couldn't work. Then again, I'm not sure there really is a college or NFL offense, as both levels use each other's packages in some form or another. I guess the key difference is the offenses main focus.
Anyway, I still maintain that the traditional mindset of the NFL hierarchy is the root cause for the lack of innovation and success of these players. The league, media, and fans have made imaginary gods of the QBs where they can't be touched and have to have a long shelf life as the face of their franchises for years to come.
That's the problem. Meanwhile, I thought the goal was to win the Super Bowl.
BTW, I still say that a lot of the most devastating hits these guys take are in the pocket trying to conform to that traditional drop back model (holding the ball too long). And by much bigger players (Linemen). Also, some of it is simply due to the overaggressiveness of the player not taking advantage of the rules meant to protect them. Russell Wilson can probably count on one hand, the number of times he's taken a flush hit while running/scrambling for his almost 700 yards this year. Why? Because he's smart enough to get rid of the freaking football or slide.