Spread Offense

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Head Coach, University of Rhode Island
American Football Monthly March 2001 Issue OnlineA GREAT COACH ONCE SAID, \"Good football teams either do something different or they do it better.\" At Rhode Island, we try to do both. The offense we run is a combination of the run and shoot. We call our formation the spread and have found that it allows us to use alignment to stretch a defense both horizontally and vertically. It stretches a defense horizontally with the option and vertically with four quick receivers at the line of scrimmage. This approach, we think, keeps defenses ...Login to Read More

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