Here is a basic definition of the spread offense from cornnation.com
“I think a basic definition of the spread offense is an offense which uses 10 personnel almost exclusively, and uses alignments to spread out the defense to force them to cover all of the skill position players in space, allowing the offense to exploit weaknesses in the defense.”
By: Jon Johnston on Oct 2 2008, 7:57pm
This is a basic formation you would see
Spread Offense 