How Tavon Austin's decoy sweeps give Rams' Todd Gurley room to runAlden Gonzalez
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- It was two Thursdays ago, at the 12-minute mark of the fourth quarter from Levi's Stadium. Tavon Austin, lined up on the outside, came in motion, providing the threat of a jet sweep along the right side. Jared Goff took the snap just as Austin sprinted past him, but instead pitched it to Todd Gurley, who went left with the football, saw a big hole and sprinted up the field for an easy 29-yard gain.
Austin has played only 29 offensive snaps through the Los Angeles Rams' first three games, but he's making a pretty significant impact as a decoy.
Without the threat of Austin's jet sweeps, Gurley wouldn't have reached 100 yards on the ground against the San Francisco 49ers and probably wouldn't have become the NFC's Offensive Player of the Month.
"That definitely helped me a lot," Gurley said. "Without Tavon, that’s the extra defender being there, or extra two defenders being there."
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