Today, we’re going back to Week 3 and my favorite opening play of the season. As I’m sure you remember, Jordan Love was injured near the end of the Week 1 game against the Eagles, leading to Malik Willis starting in Week 2 against the Colts and Week 3 against the Titans.
In that Week 2 game, Matt LaFleur launched a split-gun run attack featuring a ton of misdirection. He leaned heavy into a Spinner series with the run game. At times, it looked more like a single-wing offense than anything else.
In that Colts game, Willis only attempted 14 passes, completing 12 of them for 122 yards and 1 TD.