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The Mind of Daboll in Three Plays

The Raiders are broken, and it’s Brian Daboll’s fault.

How else to explain what the Las Vegas Raiders saw back in Week 4 with 10:45 remaining in the first quarter? The Bills are lined up in a tight formation with all four of their available pass catchers bunched within five yards of the offensive tackles. Tight end Dawson Knox motions to the outside of the formation and then retreats to his original position, acting as an exploratory satellite for quarterback Josh Allen to identify Vegas’s defense (Raiders safety Erik Harris followed Knox outside and back instead of bumping down the line and sliding another defender out, indicating man coverage).