There was not a ton of offense to be found Saturday night in Orchard Park as the Buffalo Bills hosted the Baltimore Ravens in the Divisional Round. The biggest play of the game was unquestionably Taron Johnson’s Pick-Six from Buffalo’s own end zone, ending a scoring chance and giving Johnson a moment of national redemption after his, shall we say “incident” at his Scouting Combine:
Taron Johnson went viral for getting hit in the head at the combine in 2018.
Last night, he got a pick-six off Lamar Jackson to seal a playoff win.
Not how you start 💯 @brgridiron
(via @thecheckdown, h/t @MySportsUpdate)pic.twitter.com/ZqEeFmKMZ6
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 17, 2021
But on Buffalo’s sole touchdown drive of the game, quarterback Josh Allen made two big plays in the passing game to keep the drive alive. First was a short conversion on 3rd-and-2 that has become known as “The Floater” and then a few plays later he found Stefon Diggs to move the chains on a 2nd-and-16 situation. Buffalo capped that drive with the sole offensive touchdown of the game to take a 10-3 lead, setting the state for Johnson’s heroics.
This video will dive into the intricacies of both plays, highlighting how Buffalo dealt with pressure looks, Allen’s decision-making, timing and anticipation in the passing game, “Fast 4s” and what they do to a defensive structure, and why releases from receivers sometimes matter:
Not a ton of offense Saturday night, but I did want to dive into two critical plays from Josh Allen and the Bills offense.
*"The Floater" (h/t @Cover1 for the name)
*Fast 4 and creating traffic
*Timing, rhythm and anticipation pic.twitter.com/MxR4rFCYff— Mark Schofield (@MarkSchofield) January 17, 2021
