After known power run game advocate Greg Roman was fired as Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator two games into the 2016 season, Anthony Lynn, a coach with a zone blocking scheme background, took over.
He knew he had to make due with Roman’s playbook, but as it turns out, Lynn incorporated a lot of the zone running plays he learned in his time under Mike Shanahan. Remember, Lynn himself ran in Shanahan’s zone blocking scheme in Denver, and got his professional coaching start with the Broncos.
In fact, the 2016 Bills should be labeled as a zone running team based on these percentages:
Of the 69.