The Atlanta Falcons' new-look offense features extensive pistol formations - which is a core philosophical idea to first-year ...

The pistol formation is the hot new thing in the NFL, and you're going to hear about it a ton when the 49ers have the ball on Sunday. In simple terms, the "pistol" is a formation where the ...

This year, teams are likely to try again with a new wrinkle McVay is adding to the Rams' offense: the pistol formation. What makes this shift unique is that the Rams never ran out of pistol under ...

Former pro quarterback and current analyst Chase Daniel noticed as much and figured there was no way Cousins could be healthy, especially when Atlanta’s offense was in pistol formation.

However, there’s one solution on the horizon, and it comes in the form of the pistol offense. Let’s take it back to Reno, Nev., in 2004. Nevada head football coach Chris Ault needed a way to ...

This week, offensive coordinator Zac Robinson became more creative with rushing concepts rather than just running him out of the pistol formation. From Next Gen Stats: After taking almost every ...

The 36-year-old tore his Achilles in October and the team's dependence on the pistol formation in Week 1 created speculaton that he may be having trouble taking snaps under center. In today's ...

In the opener, the Falcons basically ran the ball out of the pistol formation and passed out of the shotgun. Against the Eagles, the Falcons opened the game with Cousins taking snaps under center ...

The Broncos' compromise was more pistol formations (something we’ve already seen used with other older quarterbacks this year in Kirk Cousins and Matthew Stafford). This defense also has strong ...

To their left was fullback C.J. Ham. Surveying the formation, I blurted to the person next to me, “They’re in the pistol!” Before the snap, Dobbs motioned wide receiver K.J. Osborn from the ...

JA: So I wanted to ask you another question about, when you were a quarterback in Washington, the offense kind of implemented some of the aspects from the Pistol and it worked to a huge effect and ...