
This is a welcome development: NewOrleans.Football’s Brooke Kirchhofer shared a fascinating nugget from Sunday’s preseason game with the Kansas City Chiefs, pointing out that the New Orleans Saints offense used motion on 25.4% of their plays midway through the third quarter.
For context, that’s almost twice as often as they used motion last season. ESPN Stats and Info found the Saints used motion on just 12.8% of their offensive snaps in 2022, which ranked 23rd around the league; the 25.4% figure from Kirchhofer would have ranked 7th-most.