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Hey, I wasn't sure exactly where to post this, so sorry if this is wrong. But...

I was wondering if anyone had any good information on the run n shoot offense. I think it is a very interesting offense that had a lot of success in the past and I am interested to learn more about it. If anyone has any good information and can explain the specifics of it to me it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
 
The Oilers ran it when Moon was their QB. If you want to learn more about it, look at some of the game tape from that era. As an aside, there simply aren't many coaches anymore that run the Run n' Shoot anymore, at any level.
 
As Buddy Ryan called it....The Chuck N Duck

2 Coaches i can think of that ran it were Kevin Gillbride and June Jones. I remember when the University of Houston ran it too, won a Heisman for Andre Ware with it and got David Klingler into the NFL. All of those would be good places to start researching
 
K-Gun Offense!

Jim Kelly and the USFL Houston Gamblers ran this offense too, I can remember Kelly having insane numbers and I thought it was because of the USFL. I guess it was both!
 
so is june jones run n gun the same thing, or is it just a variation of the run n shoot?
 
Kevin Gillbride is the OC for the world champions New York Giants. He used the "Run and Shoot" at Houston.

He said that both the COLTS and the PATRIOTS use the "Run and Shoot" however not on every play.
 
Gilbride to test reputation against pass-happy Pats

Jan. 30, 2008
By Pete Prisco
CBSSports.com Senior Writer


excerpt:


The irony of all that Run-and-Shoot scrutiny is that the Giants face a team in the Patriots this week that is essentially running that offense. The Patriots use a lot of four-receiver sets on early downs, a staple of the Run-and-Shoot.
The reality is that many teams employ the Run-and-Shoot principles now, which makes Gilbride happy.
"It's permeated the league, at least the approach and the formations," he said. "And nobody is more reflective of that than the team we're going to play. In that sense, you kind of smile, maybe that's been one of the contributions you made to the league."



 
There's no pure "Run & Shoot" offense, since today's defensive scheme have tons of blitzing methods that nullify this kind of system.
Check Superbowl tapes and you'll see what i mean.

Another big difference is size, today's offenses mix one or two very tall possession WR, a quick but small slot WR, a huge TE and several styles of RB able to catch the ball, as weapons for passing attack. At Run & Shoot, smaller WR were popular because of their capabilities to execute quick routes, while winning tons of yards after catch, while RB were huge guys able to win some yardage at each attempt and block as any linemen. The only problem is that with a correct technique, a RB who tries to bring protection in the pocket, gets burned at every single play.

Finally when 3-4 defense add chances to intercept short passes, the essentials of pure "Run & Shoot" got destroyed, becoming too risky to adopt.
 
Atlanta ran it too for a while under Glanville if I'm not mistaken.....

Buffalo's "K-Gun" in the late 80's early 90's reminded me a lot of the run 'n shoot....
 
Wolf13 said:
Atlanta ran it too for a while under Glanville if I'm not mistaken.....

Buffalo's "K-Gun" in the late 80's early 90's reminded me a lot of the run 'n shoot....
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Ya, the Falcons also ran it for awhile when June Jones was there I believe and Jeff George was the QB. I remember those Houston Oilers teams in the late 80's and early 90's were very explosive and fun to watch with Warren Moon at QB and Ernest Givins, Haywood Jeffries, and Curtis Duncan at wide receivers. I remember the Astrodome was called the House Of Pain back then.
 
I guess the principles are still being used today but if you go pure Run n Shoot, then defences will pretty much know what you're going to do and since this is an NFL defence, you won't be able to consistently use it successfully.
 
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