http://www.footballperspective.com/did-bill-belichick-invent-the-two-tight-end-offense/ NFL History and Stats Sun, 07 Jun 2015 03:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://www.footballperspective.com/did-bill-belichick-invent-the-two-tight-end-offense/#comment-307273 Sun, 07 Jun 2015 03:37:00 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=12864#comment-307273 The 2 TE formation has been around for a long time, primarily used to get an extra blocker on the line in short yardage situations. However, If we’re talking about this being the primary formation employed by an NFL team, the first team since the merger would be the 1982-83 Redskins, where a 2 WR, 2 TE, 1FB set was used by Coach Gibbs. The 1980 Oilers mention is valid, but this was not done as a premeditated strategy, but of necessity because star WR Ken Burrough was injured. The Jets mention is not accurate, they used Caster as a WR during his rookie year in 1971, then he was the TE until 1977, this is when the Jets moved Barkum (who only played flanker until that time) to TE and Caster to WR. So the Jets really did not use Caster and Barkum in 2 TE sets. Websites like pro-football reference, incorrectly identify player positions frequently for teams in the ’70s, example: listing Barkum as a TE in 1972 and 1976. He played WR those seasons.

]]> http://www.footballperspective.com/did-bill-belichick-invent-the-two-tight-end-offense/#comment-43450 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:21:43 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=12864#comment-43450 Marcus Pollard and Ken Dilger were both starters for the Colts at the turn of the millenium (c.1997-2002). Pollard and Dallas Clark also started simultaneously for some games.

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