FanPost

Pistol Formation?


I was paging through some google searches, not paying much attention, when I read that the Steelers had lined up in this formation for a few plays this season. I didn't think much about it. Later, I read that Kansas City used it a little last year. Being intrigued, I wanted to find the site again, but I could not, But I did snoop around. For what little I know about it, it's an interesting formation. As I read it, one of the principal advantages is that the RB has better vision and can also get a little speed built up to with which he can maximize the gaps he sees. I read somewhere that the play action, screen passing and zone reads can be used interchangeably from the same set with about equal probability of success. But it's about there that I get in over my head. Point is, I was wondering if the knowledgeable among us have more to share about it, even though it was/is probably just a trivial experiment.

The opinions shared here are not those of the editorial staff of Behind the Steel Curtain or SB Nation. These posts are not approved in any way by the editorial staff of this web site.