Preseason snaps are fake until they are not. Six things showed up on tape this August that I think carry into Week 1, and a few of them should change how you draft. The Chargers are the headline. Mike McDaniel has flipped this offense in a single preseason: outside zone from 17.6% and 29th in the league to 56.1% and first, pre-snap motion from 18th to first, play action from 17th to second, multi tight end from 31st to fourth. Motion and play action are the cheat codes of modern NFL offense and Los Angeles just went from bottom third to top of the league in both.
Preseason snaps are fake until they are not. Six things showed up on tape this August that I think carry into Week 1, and a few of them should change how you draft. The Chargers are the headline. Mike McDaniel has flipped this offense in a single preseason: outside zone from 17.6% and 29th in the league to 56.1% and first, pre-snap motion from 18th to first, play action from 17th to second, multi tight end from 31st to fourth. Motion and play action are the cheat codes of modern NFL offense and Los Angeles just went from bottom third to top of the league in both.
CHAPTERS
0:00 The six trends
0:36 Chargers: outside zone, flip flopped
1:53 Chargers: motion and play action
3:13 Chargers: heavy tight end looks
4:40 Raiders: moving people on the line
6:34 Michael Mayer, the rare No. 2 tight end
8:03 Commanders and Jaguars: two lines nobody likes
9:14 The Commanders pressure problem
10:04 Why I am less concerned about Jacksonville
10:52 Washington is not being creative
12:02 Titans: trouble in paradise
14:15 Daboll's old friends
15:57 Cam Ward has nothing downfield
16:21 More play action for Burrow
17:56 Kudos to Zac Taylor
18:35 Good things from the Giants
20:25 Get the Draft Kit with code IAN35