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Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis
I'm pretty sure the Bill Walsh deliberately called it that way. Stretch the field horizontally in an age of unathletic LBs and the like. Use high percentage passes and methodically drive down the field. Before then, it was bombs away or nothing combined with a great running game.
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The spread offense isn't much different, except now coaches are trying to figure out different ways to use various shotgun formations, particularly as it relates to the running game.