At a time when more and more NFL teams are implementing a version of the Wildcat offense, which Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey recently explained has been around for a while but has acquired a name only recently, there’s another new offensive approach that looks to be making its way to the highest level of the sport.
The spread.
Florida coach Urban Meyer says that multiple NFL teams will be using elements of the spread offense in 2009.
“Right now, we’ve been contacted by a minimum of three NFL teams who want to implement a spread element,” Meyer said recently, according to Chris Harry of the Orlando Sentinel. “They’re going to do it.”
For some, there’s no “going to.”
“It’s already here,” Bucs offensive coordinator Jeff Jagodzinski said. “A lot of teams have it.”
There’s likely one team that will be using it extensively in 2010 -- whoever it is that drafts Florida quarterback Tim Tebow.