The Rams have used motion, a staple of the Sean McVay offense, on 61 percent of offensive plays this season (fifth-highest rate in the NFL). Los Angeles has benefitted from its motion usage, averaging 6.9 yards per play when using motion (third-best figure in the league). But the Rams have been most effective when using motion on pass plays. They're the only offense to average 9-plus yards per pass on motion plays this season (9.1 yards, to be exact) and have averaged the most yards per pass on motion plays dating back to 2017 (7.8), McVay's first season as the Rams' head coach. A lot of their success on motion plays can be attributed to Robert Woods. Woods leads the NFL in shift/motion snaps since 2017 with 531, 86 more motion snaps than the next-closest player (New England's Julian Edelman). Woods also has 825 scrimmage yards (584 receiving, 241 rushing) on shift/motion plays, the most by any player since 2017.

Since becoming the Chiefs' starting QB in 2018, Patrick Mahomes' quick-pass percentage (passes delivered in fewer than 2.5 seconds) has annually increased (2018: 41.9%; 2019: 44.2%; 2020: 52.1%). In the process, Mahomes' air yards per attempt (6.7 in 2020) and pressure rate (17.9%) have both dropped to their lowest levels yet. Andy Reid might have designed the Kansas City offense to feature quick passes due to Mahomes being more protective with the ball on such throws (SEE: 26 TD, 1 INT on quick passes since 2018, best in the NFL). However, Mahomes has been more efficient at gaining yards when holding the ball for 2.5-plus seconds, averaging 9.4 yards per attempt (most in the NFL) compared to 7.3 yards per attempt on quick passes. Mahomes may look to hold onto the ball longer in Week 4 vs. the Patriots. New England has allowed a 113.6 passer rating against passes with 2.5-plus seconds to throw, as opposed to just an 88.0 passer rating vs. quick passes.

With Joe Thuney moving over from left guard to center (in place of the injured David Andrews) and rookie sixth-rounder Michael Onwenu starting at left guard in Thuney's place, the Patriots aligned under center on 81.6 percent of their rushes against the Raiders last Sunday, as opposed to just 44.8 percent of rushes in Weeks 1 and 2. The alignment worked extremely well for New England in Week 3, as the Patriots ran for 245 yards on 31 rushes from under center (7.9 yards per rush) compared to 132 rush yards on 30 rushes from under center in Weeks 1 and 2 (4.4 yards per rush). With Andrews on injured reserve for at least another two games, it'll be intriguing to see how the Pats continue to align on run plays these next couple weeks.

During Michael Thomas' absence, no Saint has seen more of an uptick in usage than Alvin Kamara. Kamara has become Drew Brees' go-to receiver this season, as he's been targeted on 31 of 71 routes run in 2020 (43.7%, highest rate in NFL, min. 50 routes). Not only is Kamara being targeted at an insanely high rate, but he's been efficient on those routes, too. Kamara is averaging 4.0 receiving yards per route run this season, the most by any player who's run at least 50 routes in 2020.

Matt LaFleur's offensive scheme, which comes from the Shanahan coaching tree, is finally meshing with Aaron Rodgers' talent in their second season together. In Week 3 vs. the Saints, Rodgers used play-action on 51.5 percent of dropbacks, the highest play-action percentage in a game by Rodgers in the last five seasons. In addition to using more play-action, Rodgers has also been more effective on such passes this season than he was a year ago. He has a higher completion percentage (2019: 63.2%; 2020: 72.7%), yards-per-attempt figure (2019: 7.3; 2020: 7.9) and passer rating (2019: 89.6; 2020: 135.4) on play-action passes. Rodgers has also surpassed his TD total on play-action passes from last season in just three games this season (2019: 3 TDs; 2020: 4 TDs).

Myles Garrett has been quite effective at disrupting opponents of late. No player with more than 300 pass rushes since 2019 has a higher pressure rate than Garrett's 16.9 percent. The former first overall pick currently leads the NFL with 18 QB pressures this season, four of which have caused a turnover (also tops in the NFL). Garrett will look to continue his game-wrecking ways against the Cowboys this week. Dallas' offensive line has allowed QB Dak Prescott to be pressured on 32.9 percent of dropbacks this season (sixth-highest rate in the NFL).