PFF digs deep into Taysom Hill, Saints 'cheat code' (1 Viewer)

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By John Sigler | Saintswire

New Orleans Saints football player Taysom Hill has taken the NFL by storm, strutting out onto the field at nearly every position: quarterback, tight end, slot receiver, halfback, kickoff returner, gunner, and punt protector. He’s done it all, and he’s been largely successful.

Michael Renner of Pro Football Focus took a deep dive into how Saints head coach Sean Payton has gotten so much mileage out of Hill, highlighting key plays to drive his points home. Here’s the real core of the passage:

The key has been when he’s utilized. Payton often brings Hill in at quarterback in the most high-leverage situations that occur throughout a football game. Of his 35 snaps at quarterback, 24 have either come on third or fourth down or in the red zone. Options are tremendous in short yardage situations because it forces unblocked defenders to freeze for a split second to figure out who has the ball instead of attacking into the backfield.

On a 3rd and 2, the unblocked defender tasked with bringing the quarterback down is standing still at the line of scrimmage as Hill pulls the ball down. All Hill needs to do is barrel straight ahead, and he’s undoubtedly going to fall forward for the first down. Plays like that are the most volatile situations for Expected Points Added (EPA is a way of measuring play success based on down/distance/field position) and having someone to execute them successfully is enormous. ...

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