What You Might’ve Missed: Creating space…

One more with the creating space theme, this time with Adams cutting to the right behind the entire formation, which is selling a run to the left, with Valdes-Scantling also going in motion to the left. After Jackson charges up into the box, preventing him from chasing anything on the perimeter, the key defenders to watch are CB Artie Burns (25), Houston-Carson and Johnson. Burns follows Valdes-Scantling, so that leaves one less defender on the right side. Meanwhile, Houston-Carson gets drawn too far in by the play-action, and Johnson sees exactly what’s happening but has to take the long way around all the traffic in the middle and ends up way behind the play.

Bonus play 1: First-and-10 from the Chicago 25, second quarter, 8:09 left

Result: 11-yard run by Jones