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Over the last two to three years, Power Spread has exploded on the NFL scene. This year every NFL team runs some version of PS with concepts and schemes evolving at a surprisingly fast rate. Teams maximizing their Space Time & Talent through Aggressive Variety in all three phases of the game – Offense, Defense and Special Teams.

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a-wild_card_weekend

Over the last two to three years, Power Spread has exploded on the NFL scene. This year every NFL team runs some version of PS with concepts and schemes evolving at a surprisingly fast rate. Teams maximizing their Space Time & Talent through Aggressive Variety in all three phases of the game – Offense, Defense, and Special Teams.

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The Harbaughs have been around a long while. They have been successful as both players and coaches. Starting with the Dad – a longtime respected assistant thru the 60s & 70s turned legendary Head Coach in the 90s. Jim played for years in the NFL before finding success as a Head Coach at Stanford, the 49ers and now Michigan. John is a long time successful Head Coach of the Baltimore Ravens.

But this isn’t a story of success. This is a story of Football innovation at the highest level. It’s about where football’s been and where it’s heading as we approach a new decade.

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Hear we go. Another year. Power Spread just continues to evolve. All 4 of these teams are full blast PS Offenses and 2 of the 4 full blast PS Defense. Those two? Alabama and Clemson. The 2 best teams in the country all year.

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The above Semifinal Matchups would arguably be the best matchups with the best 4 teams in the country at THIS TIME. Georgia could easily be added to this mix. But should Notre Dame?

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Venables Scheme History
  • Agg Hybrid 4-3 1Gap ZB/Man Mix (Stoops) <OU>
  • AGG 3-3 Hybrid Slash ZB Cover1 LockCB/Quarters Mix (Vic Koenning(Joe Lee Dunn)) <Clemson Early>   
  • AGG 4-3 Hybrid SlashGap1 ZB Z/M/L MIX (Stoops/Koenning/Dunn) <Clemson Later>

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A Journey indeed. Urban Meyer made a big splash on the football scene at the turn of the millenium as Bowling Green’s Head Coach by using an evolved ideology both on and off the field. Power Spread. Scott Frost makes up part of that new breed of Coaches as he’s taking PS to a new level in exploration and execution. PS2020. These coaches met on the field for the first time last Saturday which took me on my own little journey. PS to PS2020.

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“The NFL doesn’t have the advanced PS Schemes of College but it’s starting to change. Even in this fractured, watered down version changes are a happenin’. Bill Belichick is the best of a conservative lot.” This was what I wrote in my last Super Bowl Commentary 3 years ago. This is no longer the case as Power Spread is used all across the NFL now. There’s going to be even more next year!

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The Final Frontier is at hand. No matter what happens in this game, the course of NFL football, and for that matter, all of Football, is about to change forever. Power Spread is here to stay and growing fast. The NFL was the last bastion, but they are finally adopting it as well. “Times they are a Changin.”

Get ready for the rest of Football History!

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One play in the 3rd Quarter of the Vikings Playoff Game epitomized the essence of Power Spread Football on the field in terms of Offensive Scheme. This kind of schematic idea or concept is where Kurt and I first started getting our “big” ideas about the new College Offenses sprouting up in the new millennium. We never liked the term “Spread” as it really didn’t describe the full effect of what was happening. Thus the term “Power Spread”. Read the rest of this entry »