Really cool offensive formation.

[Black&BlueBubba]

So not to give any teams info but a formation really caught my eye the other night at fan fest.  It included one of my favorites Armah.  He lined up as a fullback offset from Cam who was in the pistol set with CMC behind him . 

Looks like this with Armah at F, Cam in shotgun at Q, and CMC setup deep at H. 

X.         XXXXXX       X

                   Q   F

                   H

So the first play Cam handed it off to Armah up the middle.  There are some RPO components that can be added to this. 

Second play Cam play fakes to Armah  looks at CMC who is running a route in the flat  and then from what I remember hit DJ doing a in route at about 10 yards.   If he wanted he could have hit CMC who was open as well. 

I like that they utilized Armah as much as they did last night.  But they did last preseason and then you never saw him again. Hopefully the can utilize him in a formation like this to help out Williams and GVR in pass pro.  Cam would also have the option to simply hand it off to CMC and let him follow Armah through a hole.  

Lots of options and wrinkles you can throw into this formation. Most of which keep Cam upright and clean, offers a power running option, and multiple routes. Including Samuel over the top with Armah adding some additional pass pro for time.   

But now that I talk about it we will probably never see it.   But I hope we see more pistol and other formations in the second year of the Norv experiment.   

 

[Seltzer]

Good post OP.  Norv said 20% or so of the offense this year will be new formations, etc.

Very well could have been doing an installation for this look last night

[ellis]

They were in this quite a bit early last year with CJ Anderson in the backfield offset. Formation was called 21 pony, 21 for 21 personnel (2 backs, 1 TE). Anderson actually scored on a screen pass for a touchdown out of this look vs. CIN. 

It’s nice to see 40 in that role. He has the requisite athleticism to present multiple threats from that look.

 

Norv’s offense is a treat to watch. The misdirection direction involved is fantastic:

 

 

[Black&BlueBubba]

I guess they did use it last year.  

I would like to see Armah utilized in that formation.  

[DaveThePanther2008]

Armah is just another weapon many don't discuss. He has good hands and has decent wheels for his size  

[Khyber53]

12 hours ago, ellis said:

 

It’s nice to see 40 in that role. He has the requisite athleticism to present multiple threats from that look.

 

 

 

 

Think of how many dual or triple threat players we can field on any single play now... They could literally blow the covers off of opponents' defensive playbooks.

[ncfan]

Looks s lot like the Pistol.

Oregon used to run it a long time ago

[Black&BlueBubba]

24 minutes ago, ncfan said:

Looks s lot like the Pistol.

Oregon used to run it a long time ago

Correct.  It’s a pistol formation with Armah offset next to Cam.  

Interesting options out of that formation. 

[mattnasty919]

I actually believe we ran this formation several years back when Tolbert was here too.. but we didn't have anything comparable to cmc Samuel or DJ at the time.