Each week during the season, opposing Head Coaches seemed to pay respect to the Bills defense. Leslie Frazier's defense always seemed to garner compliments about how hard they play, how disciplined they are and overall how well-coached a unity they are.
The Bills defense isn't an overly complex scheme. It's a system that asks it's defenders to be intelligent, balanced and interchangeable. This allows the staff to install some elemental schemes, techniques and assignments across the board, with the expectation that regardless of position, the players will understand their assignment.
One such technique that was heavily utilized in 2018 was a call known as 'banjo' or 'box.' This call or coverage is known as a combo or in/out coverage and it is typically used when man coverage is called. But as you will see, the Bills use it in their zone coverage calls as well.
The call helps defenders defeat rub routes by having the two defenders switch their assignments based on the release of the receivers. Below you will see linebacker Tremaine Edmunds and safety Rafael Bush execute a 'banjo' or 'box' call versus the tight end and running back.
On the snap, the running back runs a swing route wide with the tight end releasing inside.
So Edmunds yells "push" which lets Bush know that he now has the running back with Edmunds accounting for the tight end.
Using 'banjo' calls in man or zone coverage can help defenders maintain the integrity of the defensive coverage by giving players a "tool" to uphold the best possible leverage on a receiver.
So let's jump into the film room to learn about 'banjo' coverages and all the ways that opposing offenses attacked the call.
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