Splash plays. That’s the name of the game. The best offenses, and by extension, the best teams, are the ones who can turn the tide of a game in a moment’s notice. Take what the Buffalo Bills did Monday night. A tight, 7-7 game against the Tennessee Titans through one quarter of play. A 10-7 Bills’ lead with just over a minute to play. Fast forward one quarter of play, 15-game minutes later, and a 10-7 lead turned into a 41-7 beatdown by the Bills, hitting touchdown and touchdown.
While no one will mistake the Steelers’ offense for what Buffalo is capable of, those teams designed the blueprint.