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I don't use the moniker "West Coast Offense". I usually refer to them as simply the Gillman offense which is the vertical game and the Walsh offense - the horizontal game.

The Walsh offense is a descendant of the former with some Cleveland Browns' short passing game from the 50s with Otto Graham as QB and a lot from his own invention (shortening and modifying Gillman plays with multiple option routes). His boss at the time as OC w/the Bengals; Paul Brown, was a stickler for organization. He was totally influenced by Brown's organization skills even funneling down to his game planning (large playbooks for each situation and scripting the first 25 plays)... A lot of teams run variations of his offense which has been modded since the regular pro-set version of the 70s and 80s. A Walsh offense has certain characteristics. 3-5-7 step drops, passing plays tied to footwork. Option to run as a last resort (mobile quarterbacks flourish in this system). A word/letter plus number play calling system which every Walsh type coach uses today. Common plays are the "drive" play (one deep, one underneath), the slant, the 22 Z IN - a triangle in a zone; and the Texas play (a TE play). The closest thing to what Walsh was running in the 80s is currently at Stanford where they stick to 2 backs even on 3rd down - and seldom goes to 4 WRs...

The Gillman offense goes back to the L.A. Rams in the 50s. All the short stuff comes from WR's going deep leaving a wide swath in the middle or RBs. The Rams, Raiders, Chargers, Redskins have always run this system (at least most of the past 40 years). They rely on strong-armed drop back quarterbacks - 7 step drops - a number-calling system with route trees. It is an older style offense and relies on speed receivers to go on go and seam routes downfield.

ESPN has good articles on it by guys who ran these systems...Steve Young for the Walsh System and Joe Theismann for the Gillman system... expanse

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