Mike Shanahan is running a similar offense for Robert Griffin III as he ran at Baylor. 

Coaches are beginning to be more adaptable to play to the strengths of their quarterback.

"The greatest example of that was what Mike McCoy did with (Tim) Tebow in Denver last year," an AFC personnel exec said. "They adapted the offense to his strengths, and that's just great coaching. When you can marry the system with the player, that's perfect. The coaches that are adaptable and flexible are the best coaches, guys who tailor to the strengths of the players and not always the system."

The Panthers also geared their offense to the strengths of Cam Newton.

"It used to be that general managers would pick the players and hand them over to the coaches," an AFC college scout said. "Now coaches are involved, they're evaluating these guys, they know the strengths and weaknesses, and that gives them a better opportunity to structure an offense around them. They can better utilize their strengths, mask weaknesses, and you see guys doing a tremendous job with that."