Pistol offence in cincinnati

[wizbengal21]

Originally Posted by Au165

Instead of chasing fad offenses we could just get good at a standard offense.

Just because you run the pistol offense doesn't mean that you still can utilize a "standard Offense" it's another formation just as is the shotgun formation it's all about mismatches and keeping the defense off balance

[McC]

Originally Posted by Joelist

Just remember that the read option is a fad right now because it takes advantage of the rules protecting the QB to in essence have a player be a RB but still get the rule protections of a QB. I am expecting that maybe not in 13 but probably in 14 there will be a rules change that strips the QB of their special protections when they act like a RB.

What usually happens with a fad offense is that defenses figure them out but elements of those fads stay behind as more tools in the chest.

I don't envision teams lining up to run their QB's all over the place, but there will be some concepts or formations that will be used.

[Derrick]

Originally Posted by Shake n Blake

Well Andy ran exclusively from shotgun at TCU, that's why I brought it up. Maybe he'd be more comfortable with a few more shotgun plays, idk. Just spitballin. I wouldn't mind running some pistol plays, at least then he wouldn't be taking a direct snap. He may actually be pretty good with the pistol stuff.

Yeah, Dalton is familiar and comfortable in the shotgun. That's why Gruden doesn't use it very much.