We're trying to improve Conversations.
Please take a brief survey and help us out.

Have defenses begun to solve the shotgun spread?

By Gregg Easterbrook
Special to Page 2

Monday, August 18, 2008

Football pundits say the NFL is a copycat league -- pundits even copy the copycat line. So which tactic of last year will be copied this year? Based on the trend, you'd think the shotgun spread will be the copycat's favorite. No football tactic has proliferated faster, not the veer option in the 1970s, not the West Coast in the 1980s or the no-huddle in the 1990s. As recently as the 2004 season, shotgun spread formations were a rarity at all levels of football. In that year, when my kids' high ...

Read full story | Create Your Profile

Activate your ESPN Profile!

Sort comments by: Most Recent | First Posted

Comments that include profanity, or personal attacks, or antisocial behavior such as "spamming" or "trolling," or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. We will take steps to block users who violate any of our terms of use. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.


Conversations in Real-Time

CONTESTS & PROMOTIONS

ESPN Fantasy Salary Cap
Create your own fantasy game day living room and win BIG!
Heisman Vote 2009
Vote for the next Heisman winner and enter for a chance to win a trip to the awards show. Mor
Engineered to Win Challenge
Test your football smarts by playing NFL trivia and enter each week for a chance to win a 2010 GMC Sierra.