A lot of ink has been spilled on the internet about how to defend offenses when they line up in trips formations. Everyone wants to know how to deal with trips because the offense is looking to facilitate certain areas of the field through pre-snap. The formation stresses a defense because it’s not balanced, ie. two receivers on each side.
Let’s go to the google:
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The NFL, however, apparently doesn’t believe in different ways to defend trips. I wanted to look at all the times that Michael Thomas was targeted as the isolated receiver in a trips set to see a) how the Saints got him the ball and b) how defenses dealt with having a top 5 receiver isolated on the weakside.