4. Controlling volume with variety
Every offensive coordinator wages an annual battle with remaining unpredictable to their opponents while not loading up their players with too much volume in the playbook to compromise execution. Dorsey and the Bills offense have the benefit of a proven system that works. It creates unpredictability through variety rather than volume.
“The nice thing about it is for us is we’ve done a lot of different ways of doing it whether it’s personnel packages, formations, splits or route adjustments,” Dorsey said. “So, we’ve got a lot of different ways to kind of do our core stuff and that’s the exciting part about it, because we’ve got things that I think the guys believe in that when you call them, no matter what the situation is, they have the utmost confidence in executing and controlling the volume.
“I mean is there that exact number that you have, no, but I think the more you do this, the more you kind of have a feel for what’s the right amount and…