Bills have faced the highest percentage of Man Coverage in the NFL this year

[djp14150]

5 hours ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

That’s interesting, I thought teams leaned away from Man vs us due to Allen’s running ability?

on theory a man D means you have an extra player to spy Josh and be in the box to help stop the run.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

The one guy that was great against man coverage was Lil Dirty. Go re-sign him! 

[gordong]

6 hours ago, mushypeaches said:

So do we interpret this as that other teams don’t believe our receivers have the speed and/or separation skills to beat them?

 

Because it seems like in a vacuum, that Josh Allen destroys man coverage 

yeah but he's even better against zone... soooo.    LOL.  

[Comebackkid]

i wonder how much of this having to do with us running a fairly shallow offense lately? 

 

easier to run man with less amount of field to defend.   

[Rochesterfan]

5 hours ago, Comebackkid said:

i wonder how much of this having to do with us running a fairly shallow offense lately? 

 

easier to run man with less amount of field to defend.   

 

Maybe, but again they faced top 5% of man since 2019 - even when Dabol was dialing up shot plays down field to Davis, Diggs, and Brown.  2020 they faced man nearly 35% of the time.

 

I am sure there are many factors and the offense and WRs play into it and who knows exactly how the data was actually acquired and if it is 100% accurate, but there seems like their is more to it than whatever is this year.

 

It could be teams we face: NYJ, Miami, NE, KC are all on the schedule every year and maybe they run a higher % of man - I would then expect the other AFC East teams to be higher, but it certainly could be a factor.

 

Just logically- as Man is typically dangerous versus a QB that can run - if this data is true - Josh is the one consistent across the 5 years and we know many times teams try to stack the line and blitz - they also like to have a spy  and try to force Josh to move in the pocket on his runs where the spy can catch him more squarely.

 

I actually think the shallow offense is Brady’s counter to man and blitzes - it has also driven the choices in WR - going bigger with bigger catch radius and RAC ability gives the Bills an advantage in these situations.