Bravo.
I-formation and offset I-formation have been absurdly downgraded in football period. I've been screaming for both the Dolphins and Canes to use it. There are so many wonderful permutations, ones that perplexed defenses years ago and it would still happen today.
Drake would be perfect as I-formation tailback. We could rotate him forward into the slot, like O'Leary in the first highlighted play, or we could do it in reverse, lining up Drake in the slot and then shifting him back to tailback.
The late '80s Canes uses to drive opponents nuts by doing that with a versatile halfback named Cleveland Gary, who became a first round pick of the Rams.
O'Leary would be ideal for a double wingback look. Put Gore as solo halfback with Drake and O'Leary on each side as wingbacks. We might look like Georgia Tech but you don't have to run options out of that set. You can do practically anything.
I have to laugh whenever teams with weak or moderate quarterbacks line up all day in lazy 4-wide sets out of the shotgun, as if somehow believing that look is maximizing their potential.
