How Sean McVay BULLIES Defenses With Motion.

as training camp began the Rams had 36 rookies on their roster Shawn McVey knew he'd have to do what he does best all over again innovate for a coach who's had successful offenses year-over-year made schematic tweaks year-over-year the 2023 season would have to be something special that's exactly what happened in 2017 when he took the league by storm with his uptempo wide Zone play action heavy scheme well this offense is innovative just like that one but in completely different ways he has always used Motion in innovative ways but this year especially he's taken that to the extreme he's used it 70% of the time third most in the league back in the day with Goff they were running play action off the run now they're sitting back picking defenses apart through the air with Stafford stretching them out horizontally and vertically ripping your heart out all while including motion usually we talk about multiple games so I can show you guys the overarching themes of how something is played out over time but for this one I think it's best to just break down the week 16 Saints game to illustrate all the different things McVey does to a defense in just a single game to Define his objectives when using motion we can sum it up into two categories shifting leverage and manipulating numbers he uses quick motions of the snap to affect one or both of these things so real quick let's define them Leverage is where the defense is positioned in relation to the receiver as the play begins in certain situations he'll be leveraged outside to force the receiver inside and others he'll be inside to force him outside here we can see Paulson adbo leverage outside on Cooper Cup this is to guard against anything outbreaking and then try and force him inside to his help so McVey short motions C inside which triggers a Debo and a lante Taylor to switch assignments and because Taylor has to adjust his positioning he's now inside leverage which allows cup easier access to to break outside and win easily when McVey manipulates numbers it's more to force the defense to rush in adjusting their assignments in order to cause a communication breakdown since they have to think in Split seconds when defenses Play Zone coverage they actually play Man coverage to a degree sure Isaac yidam is playing a deep cover three Zone but if cup runs let's say a corner route he's not just going to guard grass he's responsible for guarding his man Defenders count receivers outside in one 1 2 3 so that means that Taylor is responsible for puka and Demario Davis Tyler higgy however when cup motions across each assignment bumps over one but when puka and higgy's switch release where Higg becomes the new number one Taylor is completely confused and we get an easy explosive play this has been the 101 intro class of what McVey is doing to innovate his offense with motion and before we dive into the 202 Advance class I real quick want to thank this season sponsor prize pick prize pick is a daily fantasy 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cup across to a bunch formation where the Rams have three receivers the Saints check check into a common three receiver check called box which gives them four Defenders over three receivers and creates a box around whatever the Rams might run the two underneath Defenders have the first inside and outside routes underneath and the deeper Defenders have the first inside and outside routes deep McVey knows that motioning into a bunch will trigger this Saints box check and look where he motions cup it's not close to the bunch it's across the bunch to move Tyron Matthew out of the way even further which gives puka just enough room to sit down in the end zone he runs directly at the deep and outside Defender to keep him back and on his heels so only Pete Warner can make a play but he's shielded off by Davis Allen and him slipping doesn't hurt either every single part of this play is meticulously designed mcf's motion can also create tells for the quarterback to better understand the coverage before the snap and can also create quick and easy space in the defense the Saints are trying to show a one High coverage pre- snap but when puka motions across Tyron Matthew rolls into a two high shell and because puka gets a running start he's able to stress the defense vertically sooner and cut into the open space quicker using motion here especially helps Stafford which he needs since he's turning his back to the defense on play action the tail shows him it's too high and he knows the Saints specifically run a ton of Tampa to Zone where the Mike linebacker Will guard the void up the middle so even though he turns his head he knows what's happening thanks to the motion and he on time throws a strike over the middle McVey also also uses motion to Define which matchups he wants where he knows since the Saints keep using the same bump adjustment to his motion he can practically pick and choose who is going to guard which receiver he has puka running this wheel route up the sideline but he doesn't want adbo to guard him since he's more comfortable outside in his typical outside corner position plus he has a ton of depth off the line so instead McVey motions puka across and watch who switches onto him instead of bumping everybody over this keeps their Corner in safety and alignment and just has Taylor the nickel Corner who's more used to playing inside guard him and watch this move puka fakes like he's chopping down on the double move which gets Taylor to jump the route giving him space over the top for the completion if a Debo had defended this from depth the double move probably wouldn't have fit the same and the route would have been dead for everybody who's watched the Rams and studied McVey throughout the years we all know it's not just the B game the engine of his offense starts with the running game this year is his best yet at using motion to manipulate numbers to create better blocking angles for his offensive line it's no coincidence Kiron Williams has been balling out of his mind and here I'll show you one reason why with the Saints playing one high safety and playing Zone coverage pretty much the entire game look at what McVey does all day they've been kicking out a second level Defender to defend the jet motion while bumping over the rest of to the second level as well why do they do that in one high coverages each Defender has one Gap in the Run game Matthew has the B Gap Warner the a Davis the C the dline fills in the others but when the second level bumps over with the motion it changes the responsibilities now Werner has the B Davis the A and technically the nickel Taylor should be in two but there's another layer to all this because McVey loves using condensed formations with every body in tight this makes it easier for receivers to block which means unblocked Defenders have to step up and attack when puka blocks Taylor this turns into what defenses call a crack replace where the moment the defense sees a receiver blocking the defender who was guarding him in coverage has to fill in for the assignment of the guy getting blocked the problem is though outside cornerbacks are always going to be the weak link on the field when it comes to tackling the more you can get them in the fit meaning they have a run responsibility in addition to the their pass responsibility the easier it will be for your running back to break the incredibly crucial first tackle so here when McVey does it again not only does Ado miss the tackle but he also just doesn't look interested in sticking his nose into the box so Williams scores another touchdown the motion triggers the same adjustment from the defense where they bump over so Matthew is once again taking cup outside and the moment of Debo sees puka cracking Taylor inside he needs to replace him in the box but he can't he's w too slow and he ends up missing the spot he needs to be in this motion also helps create leverage for the offensive line since the idea for a wide Zone blocking scheme is to force the defense to slide with the side of the run to create cut back Lanes you can see the two double teams up front then Warner and Davis are sucked over by the cut motion to the left the blocks become easier to leverage which makes it easier for Williams to use his impressive Vision to cut back and score on the sleeping adbo another thing I like that McVey does that is just kind of an extra little thing it's how he gets into his bass looks the concepts he's run over and over for years but adds a little extra flare to them to dress them up and make them look different here's that same cup motion we saw them running during the entire game but now he flips back outside for the playaction boot flat route and although it's not a huge gain here you can just feel the headaches this creates for the defense when they're trying to process a million motions right before the snap that could turn into really anything McVey has taken a team with a few Wy vets and a boatload of rookies and turned them into a playoff Contender and a serious threat the best part about this offense is you can see the evolution from his past while also seeing how he slowly layered new types of motion to create the monster this thing is today the system on the whole has helped offset the disadvantage of a newer crop of players and in a year where the Rams were supposed to be down this team's arrow is pointing up they look to be one of the more Danger ous wildc card teams as they Teeter on the brink of playoff football as long as Sha McVey continues to innovate with motion by attacking leverage and manipulating numbers the Rams are ready to make a [Music] run

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Length: 10min 21sec (621 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 30 2023