The late Monday Night Football matchup to open the 2018 NFL season provides a fascinating entry point for a discussion of league trends.
Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden is the only current NFL playcaller to use old-school 22 personnel -- two running backs, two tight ends and only one wide receiver -- at least 20 percent of the time in a season over the previous 10 years. He did it in 2008, his final season with Tampa Bay.
Gruden's Week 1 counterpart and former underling from that 2008 Bucs staff, Sean McVay, is the NFL's only current playcaller who has used the much trendier 11 personnel -- one back, one tight end and three wideouts -- 80 percent of the time over a full season.