Barnwell on the NFL's newest offensive twist: Why are teams suddenly going under center more often?

Teams with mobile quarterbacks and prior experience running shotgun are increasingly planning to operate more under center, and Week 1 showed the shift was widespread. The article cites offseason moves including new offensive coordinators at Washington, Philadelphia and Baltimore—David Blough, Sean Mannion and Declan Doyle—and the Vikings’ decision to sign Kyler Murray, who spent much of his career throwing from the shotgun and worked in camp on reading the field and dropping back from under center. A first-quarter concussion to Murray affected Minnesota’s plan early on. Across the league, snaps under center reached the highest rate since 2012, prompting debate on why the trend is returning and whether it will stick.