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Duck Tape: Film Analysis of Utah

Utah’s run game is as lethal as advertised. I tallied 34 successful rushing plays vs 20 failed plays in their last two games. There’s not a lot of explosive running, but they’re efficient and get a lot of chunk plays. Interestingly, despite having a highly mobile QB for most of those games, his run threat was not a big part of the offense … instead, it was almost entirely the excellent #2 RB Moss (reminder - you can right-click or long-press on any of these videos to play them at ¼ or ½ speed):

The first play shows their 14-personnel formation (which they’re in about a fifth of the time), with all five skill players bunched in tight; the versatility here is when the blocks don’t develop playside Moss reverses course and the defense is mostly cleared out, and he powers forward for extra yardage.