Every great coordinator has a bag of plays and concepts that they use throughout the game to create opportunities. Whether it’s a run play to set up a play action later, or a route concept designed to get yards in crucial situations, these bread and butter plays are important in making an offense run like a well-oiled machine.
Throughout the week 1 match-up against the Indianapolis Colts, the Lions offense created opportunities and points with a route concept commonly referred to as Dusty. For the uninitiated, listen to Jon Gruden go into depth on this concept during his QB Camp series, and yes this is the one with Johnny Manziel.