Quote:Blake has only ever played out of the shotgun. 

 

 

People keep saying things like this but the reality is that Blake's percentage of snaps from shotgun are very close to the league average. 

 

We don't know Hackett's intentions in this regard - but to assume that Hackett couldn't install a number of effective running plays with Blake under center seems ridiculous to me. 

 

If the line is improved, this "running from under center" thing shouldn't be some major stumbling block. 

 

 

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Interesting note on shotgun usage league wide in 2016:

 

According to the 2016 data, though, teams actually put up better running numbers in the shotgun (4.95 yards per carry) than out of it (3.82). And passing was more efficient out of snaps under center, with a 63.6 completion percentage and 7.99 yards per pass attempt vs. 62.8 percent and 6.93 yards from the shotgun.

 

<p style="margin-left:60px;font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">The key, it turns out, might be moderation: With Tom Brady running the show for Belichick, the Patriots never started less than 43.4 percent, or more than 55.6 percent, of their plays from the shotgun in any season from 2011-15, reaching at least the AFC title game every time.

 

USA Today ^

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