Anyone else loving GB's variation of the Pistol offense? It's not just GB doing it obviously, but I thought the adjustment to running our offense out of the Pistol helped the passing and running game tremendously. Lacy seems to work better from the I-form (vs. shotgun), but Rodgers needed to be in shotgun to help his calf...best of both worlds. Really though I think they would have run more stuff out of the Pistol even if Rodgers was 100%, I think this is something they have saved for the playoffs. Or maybe I just didn't notice it during the season? If they did use it during the season then they didn't use it often.
I think back to training camp when the offense was doing team drills in the Hutson Center before practice vs. a scout team D and no one ever really said what they were working on. I also thought back to right before the 2013 season when Chris Ault, inventor of the Pistol Offense, was fired by Nevada. I remember it being reported that GB was one of the teams pursuing Ault as a consultant, but ultimately he ended up at KC. Maybe this is a curve ball that McCarthy has wanted to throw in there for a while? He's always maintained that he wants his offense to be "multiple" and he seems unafraid to embrace new formations or ideas bouncing around the NFL.
Just throwing out some discussion, but is this something that might become more frequent in the GB offense is it truly something they just went to because of Rodgers injury? Personally I hope it's something we see more of because I think the Pistol formation really works with this offense.
