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Skol Schemes, Week 10: Anatomy of an Interception

Related Topics: Patrick Peterson, Josh Allen

As hope seemed to be wearing thin (again) with the Buffalo Bills driving down the field, Patrick Peterson came away with a game winning interception to end a ferocious comeback for the Minnesota Vikings. On the play, The Vikings defense was in Cover 4. Generally, Patrick Peterson has deep and outside leverage in his quarter with a Safety playing an inside quarter:

Cover 4 (Quads)
-TRIX: Weak safety can work to the trips with eyes on 3/2 vertical (back side lock) pic.twitter.com/KueVIDw2LD— Shawn (@syedschemes) September 29, 2022

At the snap, Josh Allen appeared to be looking to his left to check Stefon Diggs’ corner route.