The [future] signing of Dixon certainly implies that the Read Option is a gimmick. If you have to fish some kid off of a practice squad to get people in there to play in or help others learn your system, then there's something broken with the system. If only 6 QBs in the NFL can run the system, then what happens when any of them go down to injury?
I like what SF did this year. They ran an offense that suited Smith to a degree but then they figured they could do better running a modified version with Kappy - and off they went. They didn't build a team around a scheme - they built a scheme around a team. Since the salary cap era has set in, that's how you win.
The 'build a team around a system' approach seems doomed to me. You never know until it's over, but it's not the way teams win championships (look at the last 20 SB champs - no revolutionary offenses anywhere). And it's all because Jeffy Lurie can't tolerate winning like the Ravens just did - he's got to become a legend of some sort or else it's not good enough. It's starting to look like Lurie is the weak link in all this.
The only good thing is that we won't be staring at Reid's pumpkin head for another season. But that's enough for me right now.
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