Read option or pistol offense?

[Ferretsquig]

Like the wildcat, the read option and pistol will be defensed, and this copycat league will all implement it. Cam Newton was good last year, but he was figured bout, and was simply solid this year.

And what was the big difference between the simply solid first half of the season from Cam and the great second half when he outplayed his rookie campaign?

 

[utahphinsfan]

Completely agreed w/ JT-forpres in post 2.

I'd like to see the phins use the diamond formation like the Packers and Niners do.

Further the formation used by Green Bay (QB is in the pistol, both RB's are in the B Gap to either side, FB being 2 yds behind LOS, & TB at the standard 8 yds behind LOS) intrigues me as well

 

[utahphinsfan]

Personally, I think the Run and Shoot would be viable today.

Agreed.

The R & S today could be thought as the Spread w/ option routes in the passing game. That being said...

The difference between the Zone Read & Read option as I understand it is;

The ZRO is about the QB keys on a DE or OLB & goes from there.

The Wishbone and Veer are variations on the Read.

FWIW; The Cornhuskers scheme during Osborne's tenure is a hybrid of the 2.