INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – For the longest time, football was a trickle-down sport. The NFL influences colleges and colleges influenced high school and on down the line.
Now, things are trending the other direction.
“It’s trickling up,” Jason Garrett said.
As prospects and teams collide at the NFL scouting combine, pro teams who can best adapt to the talent pool are increasingly going to fare better.
That’s why it was big when Mike Vrabel at his introductory press conference didn’t set himself up as a coach who will fight against the tide of spread offense feeder programs, instead acknowledging those concepts are “where the game is at."
Said Bucs coach Dirk Koetter: “I think the NFL’s been slow to adjust because I don’t think the NFL wants to change. Heck, I don’t want to change. You’re all set in your ways. But what they’re giving you is what they