If you get a top-10 quarterback, and a decent oline and a decent RB and 2 or 3 good receivers and play the run and shoot under todays rules, its going to put up monster numbers. Unfortunately, your defense would be dog tired and even great QB's have bad days and your team wouldn't be able to recover in the playoffs. Back in the day, teams beat the run and shoot by jamming receivers at the line. Greatest show on turf? Belichick just hit them and grabbed them and mauled receivers every time they touched the ball. St. Louis didn't want to play offense in the 2nd half when they couldn't play track meet style football.
This version of the run and shoot is more effective because of the rules, just like Marino would be unstoppable if you couldn't maul his receivers and slam them every time they went over the middle. We all talk about Marino throwing 6000 yds under todays rules with Clayton and Duper and Moore. Its effectively the same reason these newer offensive systems work better nowadays. Twenty years ago, Chip Kelly would have been June Jones.
This version of the run and shoot is more effective because of the rules, just like Marino would be unstoppable if you couldn't maul his receivers and slam them every time they went over the middle. We all talk about Marino throwing 6000 yds under todays rules with Clayton and Duper and Moore. Its effectively the same reason these newer offensive systems work better nowadays. Twenty years ago, Chip Kelly would have been June Jones.