Official Redskins Free Agency Thread 2013

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Originally Posted by takethecake

BHA makes some excellent points. Only thing I'd add, as a devil's advocate sort of thing, is that historically, the NFL has been good at "figuring out" offenses when given time, especially "gimmick" offenses. Fortunately, I think the Pistol formation is so multi-dimensional, especially with the players we have that run it, that it will be MUCH more difficult to figure out than the... Wildcat, for instance. I wouldn't even call the Pistol a gimmick offense. But the point is that even if all the players stay the same, and they learn the playbook even better, there's still a chance that some cunning DC's around the league could use gametape from last year to stop - well, slow down - the offense.

I agree, BHA makes some solid points as do you regarding the NFL defensive coordinators figuring out offenses. What I think makes us a little different is that defenses would figure out how to stop gimmick parts of an offense (i.e. wildcat) but our offense is still the base offense Shanahan ran from the Denver days, only with more downfield passing and adding the read option. Defenses can't stop it because it works against all defensive principles.

With an addition at RT and I'm even good with swapping out Moss for someone with similar slot skills but fewer miles and dollars owed..