Unlike some other run-and-shoot teams, the Falcons use regular formations for goal-line and short-yardage plays.

Some run-and-shoot teams in the last few seasons did not even carry a tight end on their rosters.

But this Dallas secondary still features many of the faces who were ripped by run-and-shoot teams last season, especially by the Detroit Lions in the playoffs.

Then again, this is a rare confrontation for the Jets, meeting pro football's only run-and-shoot team - the kind that throws 40 times a game.

Flying down to Houston in preseason to play a run-and-shoot team, that's not fun.

Davis said the main reason that the three run-and-shoot teams made it this far in the playoffs was because of their defenses.

We were a run-and-shoot team.

They beat the Lions last year, and they beat the Houston Oilers, another run-and-shoot team, in the preseason.

The Oilers are a pure run-and-shoot team and the Falcons are almost that, and both are in trouble.

Their run-and-shoot offense is a gimmick in itself, and run-and-shoot teams sometimes stumble badly.