One of the hot stories around the NFL is that Andy Reid ran all pass plays in a practice. This is kinda true. He actually called onlyt pass plays in the team portion of practice. There were run plays in some other periods.
Jimmy Bama had some fun with this, calling Reid the “hater of the handoff”.
It makes for good fun, but honestly…I don’t see this as a big deal. There is less camp time than ever. Reid is installing a complex offense in KC. Run plays are easier to learn. Why waste team reps this early on basic run plays when you are trying to establish the timing of the WCO passing game?
When Reid took over the Eagles in 1999, he could run long 2-a-days and had time to be physical and to teach. Everything got covered. I just see this as him adjusting to the rules.
I attended 2 of Reid’s camps at Lehigh and there was always lots of running. Honestly, I was surprised at how much went on based on how little got done during games.
Isn’t it just more fun to see this as another sign of Reid’s pathological addiction to the passing game though?
Just to add to the lack of a story with the passing at ARs camp, Shurmer mentioned that CK and the Eagles also didn’t run a single run play at camp. Clearly CK will be way more of a runner than AR, so not only is Reid installing a complex offense in KC, but he also is not doing anything abnormal relative to most coaches.