ESPN.com · Apr 11, 2017
The "dead snap" is revolutionizing the quarterback-center exchange
Jim Harbaugh needed to test the "dead snap." If he was going to challenge one of football's most fundamental maneuvers, he would have to try it out for himself. During one of his first spring practices as Michigan head coach in 2015, Harbaugh lined up at quarterback in the shotgun, ready to handle the remodeled quarterback-center exchange advertised as the way to wipe out one of football's most infuriating and unforgivable blunders -- the bad snap.
"Coach Harbaugh thought it was great," offensive line coach Tim Drevno said. "Bad snaps can take points off the board and wins out of your hand."
Since then, the Wolverines have ditched the spiral shotgun snap in favor of the dead snap.
