After a disappointing start at Kansas City, the Broncos bounced back with a big win over the Jacksonville Jaguars last Sunday. Offensively, Bo Nix threw for 288 yards, one touchdown and one interception. A big piece of that belonged to Jaylen Waddle, who had 100 more yards than any other Broncos receiver. The Broncos also had a great game plan to move him around and use tight splits to confuse, or slow down, the Jags defense in coverage. Let’s take a look at seven examples from Sunday’s game.
The first example we’ll look at is the stick concept, and we’ll have a few examples of this. The Jaguars are a pure zone team when they run it, so compressing the two routes together puts stress on the flat defender. If he expands, Nix throws the stick, like he does here. Since the receivers are naturally wider, this becomes the challenge for the hook/curl defender to play near the box but also expand for the stick route here.
The next example we’ll look at was the big “shot play” of the day. The Broncos again use super tight splits with the receivers at the top of the screen, then the inside receiver has the post route and the outside receiver will run the curl route. The Jags are in quarters, and by base quarters rules the safety takes the inside route if it works vertical and the corner takes the outside route working vertical, but in quarters the post from the outside receiver is tough to handle. Even worse, the safety jumps the curl, leaving the corner on the interior post route from the slot. And, to add insult to injury, that’s Jaylen Waddle. Waddle is able to run away from the outside leverage corner and make the big catch near the goal line.
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