James Cook’s 44 yard touchdown run was not a thing of beauty for the Jets or their fans. It in many ways was what finished the Week 2 game between the Jets and the Bills off. It gave the Bills a three score lead. On a day where the Jets offense couldn’t do much, that was going to be too big of a hole to overcome.

So let’s discuss what happened.

The first thing to note is the Jets start this play with two safeties deep. When a safety is not in the box, it means the offense has one blocker for each defender. It’s advantage offense on a run play.

On the defensive side of the ball, run plays are defended by assigning a defender one or two gaps. The gap is an area between blockers. When a safety drops into the box, there is one gap for each defender. When two safeties are back, one defender

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