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How the New Orleans Saints should stop the Vikings’ play-action game

There are mostly two ways that teams have success have off play-action and bootlegs: by getting quick and rhythmic throws, and by having time to attack deep down field. The New Orleans Saints need to find a way to limit both of those for the Vikings run-heavy offense.

The Rams have a very similar style of offense to the Vikings.

In the first half of their Week 16 matchup with the 49ers, they had a ton of success using a sail/flood concept, which is designed to beat Cover 3 — the 49ers primary coverage. On each play Jared Goff faked an outside zone and bootlegged.