SideLion Report » Run and Shoot http://sidelionreport.com A Detroit Lions Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:29:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Scanning the Savanna: Detroit Lions News from Around the Web http://sidelionreport.com/2012/01/21/scanning-the-savanna-detroit-lions-news-from-around-the-web-5/ http://sidelionreport.com/2012/01/21/scanning-the-savanna-detroit-lions-news-from-around-the-web-5/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:54:50 +0000 Zac Snyder http://sidelionreport.com/?p=13850 Scanning the Savanna is a daily feature that brings fresh Detroit Lions and NFL related content to your fingertips each morning. Grab a cup of coffee and let’s scan the savanna together. Clipped from: www.grantland.com (share this clip) Back then, the Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons, and Houston Oilers (and the Seattle Seahawks, extremely briefly) ran [...]

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Scanning the Savanna is a daily feature that brings fresh Detroit Lions and NFL related content to your fingertips each morning. Grab a cup of coffee and let’s scan the savanna together.


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Back then, the Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons, and Houston Oilers (and the Seattle Seahawks, extremely briefly) ran the ‘shoot, which featured four wide receivers and one running back on every snap. The offense used no fullbacks and no tight ends.1 These teams had mixed success. The Lions won 12 games in 1991; the Falcons won 10 and made the playoffs twice during their ‘shoot days.
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