Did ford have trombone exhaust idea back in 2017?

[dspangler]

I saw this article discussing the exhaust back in 2017. Check out the 34s mark. Is that a “trombone” that ford decided not to implement way back then?
https://www.motortrend.com/news/1702-video-developing-the-2017-ford-f-150-raptor-exhaust-system/

 

[goblues38]

I am sure there have been so many ideas tried over the years...some times it just takes a long long time to make it to market