- Jul 11, 2006
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There's something Gus Johnson said on the broadcast while he and Klatt were ripping the air raid that felt incorrect to me but wasn't corrected:
He said when you run the football out of shotgun, a 3rd and 1 is really a 3rd and 5 because you're taking the snap so many yards back. This felt fundamentally dumb to me but I don't have the football playing schematic knowledge to explain why.
I was hoping some of you guys who are more versed in scheme could explain to me why Klatt and Gus believe running out of shotgun is a cardinal sin? I've always understood it's because you always present the threat of a quick throw or read when you don't have to turn your back to the line of scrimmage to hand it off?
Haven't watched this yet but assuming he says more of the same. Comments on twitter were saying the gist was "you need to be under center to run the ball":
He said when you run the football out of shotgun, a 3rd and 1 is really a 3rd and 5 because you're taking the snap so many yards back. This felt fundamentally dumb to me but I don't have the football playing schematic knowledge to explain why.
I was hoping some of you guys who are more versed in scheme could explain to me why Klatt and Gus believe running out of shotgun is a cardinal sin? I've always understood it's because you always present the threat of a quick throw or read when you don't have to turn your back to the line of scrimmage to hand it off?
Haven't watched this yet but assuming he says more of the same. Comments on twitter were saying the gist was "you need to be under center to run the ball":
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