Sisyphean Bills Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Gailey's offensive philosophy. Glad to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ 'Em Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 If we're going to run the pistol then someone better teach Geoff Hangartner how to shotgun snap. Actually, Hangartners' snaps seem to go exactly 4 yards, so it might work out perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Not for nothing but doesn't the writer of the article state that the "spread" offense is the "new" offense for the NFL? Didn't Tom Landry utilize the spread offense for Rodger Staubach and run that offense in the 70's and 80's? He also heavily utilized the 'Shotgun" formation that Staubach could option out of, thus he was able to read the defense pre snap and decide to run or throw. No other NFL team but Dallas was using the shotgun or spread offense back then. He also refined the current 4-3 defense and the "flex' defense. Didn't the 90's Bills utilize the spread offense in their "K-gun" offense, seems to me the Bills were in a constant spread running the "no huddle". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonramz Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 to be technical about it... the k-gun was more of a run-and-shoot style with on the fly pattern reading... than the college spread offenses (air raid, mike leach @ TT) we are seeing now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Not a well thought out article. For starters, the spread offense has been in the NFL for years. It was the spread offense that led to nickle and dime defenses. My biggest gripe is how he suggests that these college kids coming in would feel comfortable turning their backs on the defense while play acting. Not true. Probabley the hardest thing for a QB to learn at the pro level. Not only because it complicates reading defenses post-snap but, more importantly, it really challenges a QB to get the ball out on time. He still has to know how many steps in his drops vis a vis the routes being run. Play action is not easy for any rookie to master at the pro level unless you have a DOMINATE running game. Like the Jets for instance. And even then, Sanchez struggled mightily with getting the ball out on time. He was so out of sync with his receivers it was laughable at times. GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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