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Originally Posted by CrazyHorse
Not really. In a sense it's tougher because most teams once inside the 10 run the football. It would be more difficult to run in the shotgun than directly behind center.
However, passing the ball would be easier in a passing situation from the shotgun inside the 20 or the 10.
That said, I dont see the shotgun fromation and the spread offense as the same thing. the shotgun doesn't have to be run from a spread formation.
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No, the shotgun doesn't need to be run in the spread. You can run it in any formation.
However, in the spread offense, you nearly always get the ball in the shotgun in the spread formation.
The spread formation is merely getting the defense spread out as much as possible to create separation, AND to force the defense to declare its intentions sooner.