When Dan Enos left Alabama to be the offensive coordinator at Miami (Fla.), it was no surprise he’d be installing a similar offense to what we saw in Tuscaloosa last season.

That was on full display early in their matchup against Florida as the Hurricanes went to a familiar concept known as Slay Saint.

This is a concept that was popularized by the New Orleans Saints under Sean Payton – hence the name Saint.

It’s a concept that quite a few teams around the NFL have been running the past five years.

It’s a simple, easy, pre-snap read that gets the ball out of the quarterback’s hands to a playmaker.

The window dressing of this play is extremely important to making the quarterback’s job as easy as possible.

Pre-snap, Miami aligns in a 2x2 single back set with the quarterback under center. Then, the offense explodes to empty.

This gives the quarterback his pre-snap read of the defense. The running back splits out wide to the left as the No. 1 receiver in trips.

When he does this, a corner bumps out over him. This tells the quarterback that the defense is in zone coverage.

This is important because the shift and alignment of personnel tells the quarterback which concept he will be working.

Against zone coverage, he will throw the Saint screen to No. 3 in trips.

Against man coverage, he will work the Slay concept to the right side of the formation.

After the quarterback sees the defense bump a corner out over the running back as wide as the No. 1 receiver in the trips set, he knows he is getting zone coverage and will work the Saint concept side.

It is important that the No. 3 receiver stay behind the line of scrimmage, as the receivers are blocking downfield. This is important so the offense doesn't receiver an offensive pass interference call. 

If a linebacker or safety would’ve followed the running back out wide, then the quarterback would had worked the Slay concept to the right.

This simple, pre-snap read for the quarterback quickly gets the ball out of his hands and into the hands of a wide receiver.

As you see in the video, the zone coverage is very soft, allowing the No. 3 receiver to get the ball in space while the No. 1 and No. 2 receivers stalk block the defenders.