Frank Reich’s Offense

One of the staples of the Indianapolis Colts during the Andrew Luck era came within their ability to slice and fillet opposing defenses with play-action success. If you blinked too long, you might’ve missed one of those go-to deep crossers between him and T.Y. Hilton.

The Colts are poised for something similar in 2020. Philip Rivers ranked No. 3 in yards per attempt on play-action passes. Those within the Colts brass are excited to see how that plays out with Jonathan Taylor and Michael Pittman Jr. in tow. Beyond that, Indy’s prized new fourth-round pick is quite the play-action extraordinaire himself.

Truthfully, that’s the first thing that jumps off the screen when watching him, too. At Washington, you just knew every play-action dropback had a chance to be an absolute slingshot, rope of a throw. In his Yahoo Sports tracking, Classen had Eason tallied for a 79.8 adjusted completion percentage on play-action shots.

Imagining say, a 24-year-old Eason under center in Reich’s offense in 2022 feels exciting. The Colts’ scheme is filled with run-pass option plays used to persuade the defense into thinking it’s run. Eason has the zip on throws to stretch the secondary and create big plays. It feels he’ll be able to do just that when his number is called.