Looking back at the first 10 games of 2021, it appears that Sean McVay has morphed his offensive scheme back to his early days with the Washington Football Team.
McVay still runs variations on his staple concepts: the outside zone run game, motion, both early and late, shifts, and using wide receivers and tight ends interchangeably as blockers and pass catchers. All unite to gain space, leverage numerical advantages, and create coverage mismatches.
The Rams still mainly set up in the “11” personal grouping at an 87% clip. But this new LA attack is passing on two out of every three plays, lining up in wider sets, using less “bunch/stack” sets and and at 17%, running much less play-action.