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Originally Posted by The Goat
I started wondering a couple weeks ago, when talk about a playoff game vs Seattle started, if their big corners can minimize the pistol's effectiveness. A few analysts have talked about it too, but I have no idea what to expect. I guess if they're expecting the keep and RG is still hobbled they could close fast enough to stop a first down.
Or maybe the pistol can be effective without RG being a threat to run necessarily. Maybe we'll find out this game?
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To repeat: the pistol is a formation, not a play. You can run the pistol without the QB's EVER keeping the ball.
When people talking about RGIII making good reads, as described above, they are talking about a play, the read option, not a formation. The read option can be run from formations other than the pistol. The read option and the pistol are not the same thing.
I cannot understand why this concept is so difficult to understand.