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[QUOTE="chakka3421, post: 797986, member: 1091"]
I agree with you on Hunt - his arm strength limits him for the offense that GM wants to runs so I think it is probably his last year as our starting QB (unless it truly is a WR only problem with our spread offense this year).
 
Anyway I didn't say you cannot run the ball against the spread - that would be stupid to be one dimensional.  What I did say is that you normally will not get big gains from running between the tackles in a power run attack offense as the spread defense will converge on a run up the middle.  When you have 8 or more in the box and you block well with your big uglies - the power runner has already blown by most of the defenders getting to the 2nd level on his way to a long gain or TD.
 
You have a tradeoff between the spread and power run game that you are not mentioning here.  The spread gives you great passing gains (QB to WR heavy passing) with more limited run attack gains.  The power run game gives you more great running plays with a more limited pass attack gains through (QB to RBs, TEs, WR slot/middle passing).  Its simply a tradeoff and both can work and work well as we saw it played to perfection last year.
 
Nassib and company excelled in the zone read power run attack - you cannot argue that here.  GM needs to recruit better players to make his spread offense to work as effectively as last years zone read power run offense.
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