One last film room from the Seahawks’ game for the week. Focusing on the Seattle game but I’m using it to illustrate a concept the Pittsburgh Steelers are probably going to run again and again the rest of the season. Twice in Week 6, the team ran a Yankee Concept, a common NFL scheme that normally consists of two routes. Two deep crossing routes that overlap each other, a leverage/man-beater.
But the Steelers added one extra wrinkle with it. A clearout route by #1 to try and force the corner and/or safety to carry vertical in the hopes of opening up the crossers.