No-Huddle Offense: A Fad or Here to Stay?

The “No Huddle” offense is not a new idea, but the way it is employed will be changing in the years to come. Your local Coach here at Bleacher Report has been waiting for the change we saw a glimpse of in the first preseason game between the Titans and Bills.

The Buffalo Bills have openly told their opponents they will not be huddling this season, ever. Teams who use this idea will improve.

The future is here. Communication with the quarterback via the helmet system is changing the play we’ll see on the field. Play callers will have to work intimately up to 15 seconds before the play clock expires to have a positive outcome inside of this trend.

If you have an understanding of football, you will realize that an offensive huddle serves no purpose. Getting to the line and accessing what the defense wants to employ is a much more vital attack. This forces the defense to have a base personnel group because many times they will not have the time to substitute their players. This will give offenses who use this approach an advantage. That does not mean “us” Raider fans.

The undeniable evolution of this sport is not too difficult to see. Teams that have an ability to make quick, adaptable decisions within their scheme will have a greater advantage than teams who are stubborn and keep it the same old way.

Teams with QBs who have an ability to audible, who have offensive coordinators that can determine how they’re being attacked in a moment’s time, as well as those with adaptable schemes, will start to rise toward the top.

The NFL has always been a league filled with trends. This year, we’ll begin to see that the offenses that employ this type of approach will have more production than in their past.  While these offenses will still have to execute their plays as well as maintain control of the football, teams who attempt to stay on the cutting edge of this approach will have success. 

NFL football may start to mirror the action in a basketball game. Players will be more involved in the play than before. Important decisions will be made without the help of the coaches on the sideline.

In basketball, most of the action and decision-making is done by the athlete. During timeouts, the coach has a say in a play or a change in approach within the offense or defense.

Now, in football, we will begin to see improvement within teams who not only have a intelligent QB, but those who have skill position players who understand the whole picture of the offense in a conceptual sense, as well as perhaps have an ability to play more than one position.

Offenses that have a terminology or language that is easy to communicate but difficult for the defenses to defend will be the most successful. 

For my fellow members of the Raider Nation, this article is for you. The deliberate need to maintain an old-school way of thinking inside of football concepts has "US" always a step behind when we could be a step ahead. 

Unfortunately, we do not have the coaching to create this possibility.

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