NFL Week 3 cut-ups: Belichick slows Waller, Aiyuk breaks out and Tannehill puts on a play-action show

Welcome to our weekly look around the NFL through the lens of the all-22 film. In this space, we will be looking at film cut-ups to figure out the “why” behind the league’s most interesting on-field developments. We’ll also supplement the film with numbers to get the full picture of what’s going on.

Here are the five cut-ups we’ll be looking at this week…

1. The Patriots coverage plan for Raiders TE Darren Waller
2. Ryan Tannehill’s play-action dominance v. Minnesota
3. Michael Gallup’s role as an isolated receiver
4. Brandon Aiyuk’s touches v. the Giants
5. Jeff Okudah’s up-and-down day against DeAndre Hopkins

I’ve included *every* relevant play from the game related to the topic I’m taking a closer look at, so you can get a full picture of what happened. Then I’ll break it down and focus in on the most important plays or trends.

Let’s get started…