Play-Action Passes Key to Josh Allen’s Success
Erik Turner - 11/30/2018
A trend around the NFL is utilizing play-action passes (PAP) at unusual rates, and no one in the league is doing it better than the Rams. Per Pro Football Focus (PFF), the Rams and Jared Goff utilize play-action on 37% of their dropbacks. The old adage that you need to get the run game going in order for play action to be effective simply isn’t true.
Getting the play-action game going with rookie QB Josh Allen at the helm has been offensive coordinator Brian Daboll’s core tenet, and he has excelled. Having a young quarterback turn his back on the defense while executing the play-fake then processing the pre- to post-snap picture was something that many coaches used to worry about. But times are a changing; they would have to be for a highly criticized quarterback like Allen to be succeeding, especially without a run game.