Quote Originally Posted by JeffHCross View Post
The R&S won't work in-game until the spread rushing is consistent and reliable. Otherwise you're essentially restricted to only passing -- ever, which is counter to the philosophies of the Run & Shoot.
This is both right and wrong. Whilst Jones runs the R&S primarily in Shot-Gun now and trying to run draws, etc. out of the Gun in the game are pretty useless, you can go 4-wide, under center and use HB Dive and have great success running the ball. I never call it as a play, I use it as an audible, but have never averaged less than 5.5 per carry when doing this over the course of a season. There are also plays such as HB Slam and I think HB Counter that work as well.

Of course, the last several years I have been in 5-wide more often than not, but I do know that the above mentioned plays will allow you to run successfully and even better when you use it as an audible. And running plays in the R&S are almost always called as audibles. I know in 1994-95 on the Falcons, every play they called in the huddle was a pass play, they only ran after seeing the defense at the line and calling an audible.