re: A QB Who Can Run Will Cause RBs to Be More Productive

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if a QB can throw then it must take DB's out of the box, and make the safeties back pedal on the snap. If a QB runs they must put more guys in the box.

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they can put all the guys in the box at once if they want, but this plays right into the strategy of a duel threat. Same thing if they run a dime package to stop the pass, except he beats them with his legs. Stay neutral in a base defense and he has the threat of the whole arsenal (run, hand off, pass), which will keep most defenders at home in their gaps rather then freezing them on PA, which he can do as well plus the added bonus to freeze them with the read option.