Air Erhardt continues to evolve in mid-90s Pittsburgh

One of the more interesting things about the Erhardt-Perkins offense is that it was really born out of a smash mouth football, but as the NFL evolved so did Erhardt. This article talks about the evolution of the offense to rely more on the pass to move the ball.

“What you do is try to adjust to your personnel. My philosophy is you pass to score touchdowns, but you run to win. That hasn’t changed. We’ve passed it a little more, but we still led the league in time of possession.”

While the core concept of the offense remains the same there is far greater use of the short passing game to keep the chains moving now than when the offense was first conceived. As always, football schemes are constantly being tweaked to stay on top of the latest innovations in the game.