Pistol QB formation?

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DeereHD

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I am not comparing CJB to Manning on anything other than limited mobility but as Manning has aged and decreased in mobility, the Broncos have used the pistol to allow Peyton to be closer to his drop zone and still keep the running back at a depth to get a read on blocking and get downhill. Considering how limited CJB is right now with his injuries, would the pistol be a realistic option to maximize CJBs arm and ability to get reads quicker and drop to his zone quicker but still maintain the normal running schemes.
 
That formation, like you say, is shot gun with I formation running back. It would be a good formation but have they worked on it. And if you are throwing 95% of the time when in shotgun better to have the running back up for blitz pickup.
 
We have a young man at center that could certainly handle it and an hc and oline coach that coached it in the pros somewhere along the line you'd think...that being said....not iowas style...even new kirk...to try something new. The key is whether it's even in the playbook. If not already..no chance it gets added. Cool idea though.
 
proudhawkfan21 said:
We have a young man at center that could certainly handle it and an hc and oline coach that coached it in the pros somewhere along the line you'd think...that being said....not iowas style...even new kirk...to try something new. The key is whether it's even in the playbook. If not already..no chance it gets added. Cool idea though.
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So, you're saying Iowa's tradition trumps all.

Iowa has a great OLine coach (with a crappy OLine) and an injured starting QB who might become permanently diminished from sustained hits caused by the traditional KF offense. Well, If CJ goes down, who's gonna run the offense? Hum?

How good are these Iowa coaches, anyway, if they can't adjust to game time and season time changes?
 
Something you implement in the Spring, maybe August, not week 9 of the season.
 
Was the line play with the pulling and double teams that resulted in that long touchdown run by Canzeri against Illinois implemented in the Spring? If I remember, it had been implemented around the time of the Illinois game.

I know Iowa could run the spread read option if the need arose. That's part of Davis' playbook. Which other parts of Davis' offense have been scrapped, er, ignored during game day?
 
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HomerChampless said:
Was the line play with the pulling and double teams that resulted in that long touchdown run by Canzeri against Illinois implemented in the Spring? If I remember, it had been implemented around the time of the Illinois game.

I know Iowa could run the spread read option if the need arose. That's part of Davis' playbook. Which other parts of Davis' offense have been scrapped, er, ignored during game day?
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It is called a tweak not a complete formation change.
 
trj said:
Something you implement in the Spring, maybe August, not week 9 of the season.
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I don't have any problems with pistol type offenses, but nobody is going to implement it mid season. There are teams that actually run a fair amount of running out of pistol formations but blocking and assignments are a lot different from our current offense.
 
Iowa's successful run game finally looks like it did in years past with the RB lined up 7 yrds behind the LOS and getting to the hole at the perfect time the zone blocking scheme opens a hole. I'm not ready to muck that timing up with the Pistol formation.

Honestly, I think when they tried the shotgun with Rudock the past 3 yrs since GD arrived, that screwed up the timing of the RB hitting the holes at the perfect time.
 
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