Now that OBD has made their cuts and gotten the 53 man roster pretty much nailed down, wanted to see what the board thinks the personnel groups will be in various offensive formations. I used Sharps Personnel Grouping frequency to determine what our formation utilization looked like in 2021. So the following has groupings, possible personnel and usage last year:
10: 1 RB, 4WRs: Singletary, Diggs, Davis, McKenzie, Crowder? Does Shakir take some plays away from slot? Bills ran this formation on 7% of downs in 2021. Do they use it more with a healthier group this year?
11 : 1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WRs: Singletary, Knox, Diggs, Davis, McKenzie. Early downs? Will they use Cook on 3rd and long and maybe use Crowder/Shakir in place of McKenzie. Bills ran this 71% of plays last year. With new OL and better run blocking does this formation see less use ?
12 : 1 RB, 2 TE, 2 WR: Moss, Knox, Sweeney/Morris, Diggs Davis. Used this on 8% of plays last year. This was primarily used in red zone and short yardage with an OL as the TE in short yardage packages.
21 : 2RB, 1TE, 2WR: Gilliam, Singletary, Knox, Diggs, Davis. The old pro set with Gilliam used as Fullback or H Back. Bills ran this on 10% of offensive plays last year. Will they use Moss and Cook as an Alternative pairing to force some LB coverage on Cook? Would require dressing 3 RBs besides Jones and Gilliam.
What effect will Dorsey and Kromer have on the offensive formations philosophy in 2022?