Bills' Under Concept Film Study

[Old Coot]

Interesting commentary and film study of the Bills' Under concept.

 

https://emorywilhite.substack.com/p/the-buffalo-bills-under-concept

 

Note: when referring to the defense "open" or "closed" concept this refers to whether the middle of the field is open or closed; that is, whether there is a safety playing the middle of the field "closed" or not ("open").

[machine gun kelly]

Just finished this article.  Pretty interesting so thanks for sharing OC.

[Green Lightning]

That made my head hurt. Still processing "buzz 3 coverage".

[BarleyNY]

Nice little breakdown from the Bills side. I will add some perspective from the Ravens’ side for context:

 

Hitting the dig: 2nd&11 from +15 so they were looking to make Allen throw short and get to 3rd and medium. #24 bit on Allen’s look left even though no receiver went deep. He was late and Josh threw a great pass for the TD. Kincaid did a great job with pace and shielding the other S from the ball. Make the defense be perfect or make them pay kind of play. 

 

Hitting the RB: 2nd&10 from +36. The Ravens were happy to allow a throw underneath and the Bills were happy to take it. Win for Ravens as it brings up 3rd&7. Bills would’ve been hoping for a couple more yards on this one. 

 

Hitting the solo: 2nd &6 from -20. Completion for a first down on Allen’s extension of the play. He makes it look easy. Ravens had nice coverage, but the Bills had really nice protection. Shout out to Brown as #45 winds up on the ground which makes Allen’s scramble right easy. Exactly what an offense looks to do against a well defended play. 

 

Hitting the first under: 2nd&1 from the -37. Ravens were defending against a deep shot. Seemed like an obvious time to expect that. Allen took the short pass for a first down. Good football on both sides. 

 

Hitting the second under: 3rd&10 from the +18 and 4:48 left in the game. This is the regular season game btw. The Bills are down 40-25 at this time. The play nets 8 yards and brings up 4th&2. Im sure that the Bills were very happy with that result under the circumstances. Really nice job by Palmer to get extra yards on the play. Allen got what he could on the play. 

[NoSaint]

15 hours ago, Old Coot said:

Interesting commentary and film study of the Bills' Under concept.

 

https://emorywilhite.substack.com/p/the-buffalo-bills-under-concept

 

Note: when referring to the defense "open" or "closed" concept this refers to whether the middle of the field is open or closed; that is, whether there is a safety playing the middle of the field "closed" or not ("open").

one thing I’ve said on the Brady- Sean Payton front is that they don’t shy away from repeating simple concepts until the defense has to sell out to adjust 

 

the saints used to run a basic 4 verticals with some lil options and reads built in alllll theeee timmmme. But they had the field stretchers, and seam guys (lance moore, the tight ends- I see these in Shakir and our TEs) and backs that could both take advantage of space underneath or get upfield and let someone else break off underneath 

[fergie's ire]

1 hour ago, NoSaint said:

one thing I’ve said on the Brady- Sean Payton front is that they don’t shy away from repeating simple concepts until the defense has to sell out to adjust 

 

the saints used to run a basic 4 verticals with some lil options and reads built in alllll theeee timmmme. But they had the field stretchers, and seam guys (lance moore, the tight ends- I see these in Shakir and our TEs) and backs that could both take advantage of space underneath or get upfield and let someone else break off underneath 

I think that's what I love about the Joe Brady play calling (for the most part).  If it's working, just run it and don't get cute.  I hate when coaches seem to say, "X is working great and they can't ever stop it...so let's surprise them and run Y."  The classic example is the Seahawks Super Bowl.  Marshon Lynch is a beast and can't be stopped.  So let's throw a pass, they'll NEVER expect that.

[NoSaint]

18 hours ago, fergie's ire said:

I think that's what I love about the Joe Brady play calling (for the most part).  If it's working, just run it and don't get cute.  I hate when coaches seem to say, "X is working great and they can't ever stop it...so let's surprise them and run Y."  The classic example is the Seahawks Super Bowl.  Marshon Lynch is a beast and can't be stopped.  So let's throw a pass, they'll NEVER expect that.

you’ll recall who moved from saints prodigy to lsu passing game coordinator in this exact period:

 

https://archive.ph/20260418211257/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1946813/2020/08/20/teds-film-room-seven-variations-of-four-verticals-the-best-play-in-football/

 

I won’t be shocked if we see more of these concepts downfield with adding Moore and subtracting mcdermott

 

first example is Sean payton sharing his favorite pass concept and second is an lsu wrinkle 

Edited June 7 by NoSaint

[Sierra Foothills]

15 hours ago, NoSaint said:

you’ll recall who moved from saints prodigy to lsu passing game coordinator in this exact period:

 

https://archive.ph/20260418211257/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1946813/2020/08/20/teds-film-room-seven-variations-of-four-verticals-the-best-play-in-football/

 

I won’t be shocked if we see more of these concepts downfield with adding Moore and subtracting mcdermott

 

first example is Sean payton sharing his favorite pass concept and second is an lsu wrinkle 

 

Bell also has enough speed to attack downfield.

 

I don't expect that to be the way he's most utilized but I'd also be surprised if the Bills don't occasionally take deep shots to him. I would expect at least once per game each that the Bills will take a shot to Moore and to Bell.

 

It's nice that we have enough players to run four verts now.

 

 

It's something we couldn't do last year.