Watch: Robert Woods rides Sean McVay’s motion horse into the end zone

Here at Touchdown Wire we have outlined on more than one occasion how Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay is going to make opposing defenses and defensive coordinators pay attention to pre-snap and at-the-snap motion. So much of what the Rams do offensively is built upon these pre-snap movements from the offense. These designs work to confuse defenses and give quarterback Jared Goff an advantage post-snap.

How do you get the opposition to pay attention to the motion? By using it as a weapon. That is exactly how the Rams got on the scoreboard down in Miami early in the contest:

 

In goes @robertwoods on the fly sweep.

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This play was set in motion by world-destroyer Aaron Donald, whose strip sack of rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa gave the Rams good field position. Woods, riding that pre-snap motion horse of McVay’s, helps the Rams take advantage.