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Originally Posted by jaa1025
This is very overblown.
The Chiefs ran out of the shotgun 72% of the time last year and had the #5 offense in the NFL.
Pittsburgh ran their offense out of shotgun 71% of the time and finished with the #3 offense this year.
Chargers were at 66% in shotgun and finished #4 offensively in the NFL.
Philly was at 71% in shotgun and finished #7 offensively in the NFL.
Only 11 teams ran under center 50% of the time or greater. Most teams ran out of shotgun more than they did under center.
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Running from under center still needs to be an option, particularly in short yardage and goalline situations. Unless you want to let the defense know you're going to run when under center every time you have to be able to pass from under center.