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When legendary coach George Halas' Chicago Bears used the T-formation to defeat the Washington Redskins by a score of 73–0 in the 1940 NFL championship game, it marked the end of the single wing at nearly all levels of play, as teams, over the course of the 1940s, moved to formations with the quarterback "under center" like the T. [1] George ...
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The offense is required to set up a formation before a play, subject to several rules: The formation must have at least 7 players on the line of scrimmage. [1] The 7 players are not required to be next to each other and may spread out across the width of the field, but this is rare; most offenses place at least 5 players together in a continuous line.
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In the view of some experts, there are only approximately five or six major offensive systems run in the NFL today. [1] The nomenclature of the Erhardt-Perkins system is very different from the Bill Walsh West Coast offense. Formations under the West Coast offense are commonly named after colors (i.e., Green Right). [7]
The NFL will get $10 billion a season in the new TV deals with NBC, CBS, FOX, ESPN, and now Amazon which will broadcast Thursday Night NFL football for the foreseeable future.
Before the ball is snapped, the offensive team lines up in a formation. The type of formation used is determined by the game situation. Teams often employ "special formations" for specific scenarios, such as obvious passing situations, short yardage, or goal-line plays. Some formations are designed for a particular game to confuse the defense.
The "pro set" formation features an offensive backfield that deploys two running backs aligned side-by-side instead of one in front of the other as in traditional I-formation sets. It was an outgrowth of the three-running-back T-formation , with the third running back (one of the halfbacks ) in the T becoming a permanent flanker, now referred ...