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<\/a><\/p>\nSince this is a Mesh concept, a nice variation to this would be Mesh Traffic, with Golden releasing through the opposite B gap on a Slither route. So as not to muck up the spacing, Kinnard will stay back to block while Jacobs will release to the right flat.<\/p>\n
Play 2: 2nd & 1, 6:55 remaining in the 3rd quarter<\/p>\n This has been a staple in the Bills playbook for a while. Really, it\u2019s a Joe Brady staple, which means it was also a staple for Joe Burrow at LSU. The play itself is pretty simple: this is an RPO (Run Pass Option). It\u2019s an inside run with a Slant passing tag for Keon Coleman [0] on the outside.<\/p>\n This is typically a post-snap RPO but the personnel grouping and formation of the Bills (and the Broncos response to that) turns it into more of a pre-snap read. These vertical pass tags usually involve the QB needing to read a conflict defender post-snap, but there\u2019s no need to do that here, because the Bills are overloaded on the right with some big dudes.<\/p>\n The Bills are in 13 personnel (1 RB, 3 TE, 1 WR), with all 3 of those TEs aligned on the right side in a tight split. They\u2019re in a YY Wing look with Hawes on the inside and Knox on the outside, and they add Dalton Kincaid [86] as an insert blocker under the line.<\/p>\n On 2nd & 1 they\u2019re looking to run power up the middle, but they have Coleman on the slant as an easy answer if it\u2019s there, and it\u2019s there. With all the beef on the right side of the offense, the Broncos are loading up at the line, leaving Coleman alone with Riley Moss [21] and no one to the inside.<\/p>\n Moss is giving 6 yards of cushion, so Coleman gets free release on a Now slant. With a nice patch of green where a conflict defender typically is, Allen simply rises up and throws to Coleman.<\/p>\n Coleman ends up making the catch, reversing course and diving into the end zone for a touchdown.<\/p>\n Vertical RPOs are not necessarily something that are huge in this Packers offense, but we saw an uptick in use this season, so I\u2019m stealing this one. They scored a huge TD on a vertical RPO this season, which makes me a little more confident about taking it.<\/p>\n Maybe it\u2019s because of that play, but I\u2019m putting Watson in as the receiver. I could be talked into either Golden or Dontayvion Wicks, but Watson\u2019s size, speed & experience gives him the edge here.<\/p>\n On our heavy side, we\u2019re rolling with our same YY Wing look that we did on the previous play (Kinnard inside, Kraft outside) and bringing in Luke Musgrave [88] as the insert. The Packers will often use receivers on that insert block, but since we\u2019re in the business of moving bodies (and getting the defense to respect the movement of bodies), we\u2019re keeping an extra TE over there (for the record, that puts the Packers in 612 personnel). The insert blocker doesn\u2019t need to be a lockdown blocker, so Musgrave is perfectly fine there.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n