The Future is Here: The NFL and the Pistol Offense

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Originally Posted by The Goat

Yeppers, and the entire premise is based on the threat of the QB keeping the pigskin X% of the time, right?

No. The pistol is a formation, not a play. There is no premise that the QB will keep the ball. You can run the pistol without the QB's EVER keeping the ball. You can run the pistol without EVER running a read option.

You seem not to be able to differentiate the pistol (a formation) from the read option (which is a play).