Alex Smith vs. Rich Gannon

[Kaepernick]

Originally Posted by beach tribe

I think YOU are showing your knowlege.

The pistol is more than just a formation. It is a scheme run out of that formation.
Its the pistol OFFENSE.
And that offense exposes the QB more than any other.
Tell me I'm wrong.
And BTW. We ran the pistol long before Harbaugh or Kaep even thought about San Fran

You are wrong. Pistol is just a formation, like the shotgun formation.


"The Pistol formation is a hybrid formation that utilizes strengths from both the Shotgun and single back (ace) formations.

"The "Pistol" formation was devised by Chris Ault at the University of Nevada and made its debut in the 2004 Wolf Pack football season. Ault was eager to find a way to run the football despite playing in the WAC conference (notorious for its passing offense). Ault wanted to utilize basic zone blocking techniques but wanted to get the ball to his running backs quicker with the running back accelerating towards the LOS.

"Ault realized that by placing the QB in the backfield the time needed for the quarterback to get to the RB was reduced. He did not, however, want to utilize a traditional shotgun look in which both the QB and RB were positioned 7 yards in the backfield because such a formation caused the play to develop slowly.

"The Coach also wanted his back running downhill when taking the snap and consequently positioned the QB directly in front of the back (QB 4 yards behind the LOS, RB 3 yards behind the quarterback). The result was the "Pistol" formation, shown below in a 4-wide spread formation that is very similar to a typical ace formation.




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