On 4/6/2025 at 8:33 AM, barrel said:

Do you mean gap schemes on offense or are you saying there are guys running defenses that aren’t assigning defenders gaps?

Defense.  There are teams that use a read technique where guys on defense are not assigned gaps.  It makes things an absolute cluster.

On 4/4/2025 at 5:26 PM, 9068 said:

I am often amazed when I see a team have third or fourth and less than 1 or the same situation goal to go and they lineup in the shotgun..... which makes it 4 1/2 yards or more. 

I always have the same question when I hear this point (hear it on tv all the time)... If you are under center around the goal line, what are you doing with the ball to get it to your RB? Does your QB not go 4-5 yards backwards to "handoff" the ball? 

Now if people mentioned angles or momentum created by angles in these situations, I'd understand a bit more. A RB/QB mesh point from straight ahead under center (dotted I) is a different momentum/angle than a RB taking a shotgun meshpoint from side saddle next to the QB. That is the angle/momentum a lot of folks have serious opinions about in short yardage situations. But the simple statement, shotgun on goal line is dumb because it puts the ball farther away is disingenuous. Every I formation/power I formation (most often UC goalline formation) has the ball go backwards 4-5 yards to get the "dot" back the ball. 

Unless you are running sneak/wedge blocking play, the ball will always travel 4-5 yards deep into the backfield..

On 4/7/2025 at 2:53 PM, Bengals4Life said:

I always have the same question when I hear this point (hear it on tv all the time)... If you are under center around the goal line, what are you doing with the ball to get it to your RB? Does your QB not go 4-5 yards backwards to "handoff" the ball? 

Now if people mentioned angles or momentum created by angles in these situations, I'd understand a bit more. A RB/QB mesh point from straight ahead under center (dotted I) is a different momentum/angle than a RB taking a shotgun meshpoint from side saddle next to the QB. That is the angle/momentum a lot of folks have serious opinions about in short yardage situations. But the simple statement, shotgun on goal line is dumb because it puts the ball farther away is disingenuous. Every I formation/power I formation (most often UC goalline formation) has the ball go backwards 4-5 yards to get the "dot" back the ball. 

Unless you are running sneak/wedge blocking play, the ball will always travel 4-5 yards deep into the backfield..

The difference is how the defense must play when the QB is under center.  The hardest under center play to defend in short yardage is the QB sneak.  The the QB under center, the defense must commit lots of resources to stop the quick hitters in the A gap.  When they do that, they open up stuff other places, like off-tackle.  The defense can line up differently when the QB is in gun or pistol.