until he shows otherwise, Davante is a 1, Puka will play the power slot role now that Kupp is gone. makes the most sense anyway, as Puka has experience playing from the slot in McVay's offense, while Adams has played the vast majority of his career out wide.
It will be interesting to see, as last season, Davante played the most at slot he ever has for his career. A tick of 46%.
This was compared to Nacua, who played 29% of his snaps from the slot (Atwell getting a large chunk of those the past 3 seasons).
I think we'll see a fairly even distribution between the two.
Defenses plan around Mike Evans.
Most true WR1's get that treatment.
Defenses plan around Mike Evans.
Most true WR1's get that treatment.
It’s obvious to most. Most, but not all.
until he shows otherwise, Davante is a 1, Puka will play the power slot role now that Kupp is gone. makes the most sense anyway, as Puka has experience playing from the slot in McVay's offense, while Adams has played the vast majority of his career out wide.
It will be interesting to see, as last season, Davante played the most at slot he ever has for his career. A tick of 46%.
This was compared to Nacua, who played 29% of his snaps from the slot (Atwell getting a large chunk of those the past 3 seasons).
I think we'll see a fairly even distribution between the two.
Interesting. Higher for Adams than I thought... A tad lower than I thought for Puka
until he shows otherwise, Davante is a 1, Puka will play the power slot role now that Kupp is gone. makes the most sense anyway, as Puka has experience playing from the slot in McVay's offense, while Adams has played the vast majority of his career out wide.
It will be interesting to see, as last season, Davante played the most at slot he ever has for his career. A tick of 46%.
This was compared to Nacua, who played 29% of his snaps from the slot (Atwell getting a large chunk of those the past 3 seasons).
I think we'll see a fairly even distribution between the two.
Interesting. Higher for Adams than I thought... A tad lower than I thought for Puka
On a side note, the Rams may be in deep shit this season at QB.
until he shows otherwise, Davante is a 1, Puka will play the power slot role now that Kupp is gone. makes the most sense anyway, as Puka has experience playing from the slot in McVay's offense, while Adams has played the vast majority of his career out wide.
It will be interesting to see, as last season, Davante played the most at slot he ever has for his career. A tick of 46%.
This was compared to Nacua, who played 29% of his snaps from the slot (Atwell getting a large chunk of those the past 3 seasons).
I think we'll see a fairly even distribution between the two.
Interesting. Higher for Adams than I thought... A tad lower than I thought for Puka
On a side note, the Rams may be in deep shit this season at QB.
I have to say, I wouldn't be too broken up about it, if that was the case.
until he shows otherwise, Davante is a 1, Puka will play the power slot role now that Kupp is gone. makes the most sense anyway, as Puka has experience playing from the slot in McVay's offense, while Adams has played the vast majority of his career out wide.
It will be interesting to see, as last season, Davante played the most at slot he ever has for his career. A tick of 46%.
This was compared to Nacua, who played 29% of his snaps from the slot (Atwell getting a large chunk of those the past 3 seasons).
I think we'll see a fairly even distribution between the two.
Interesting. Higher for Adams than I thought... A tad lower than I thought for Puka
On a side note, the Rams may be in deep shit this season at QB.
I have to say, I wouldn't be too broken up about it, if that was the case.
No tears being shed here.
Defenses plan around Mike Evans.
Most true WR1's get that treatment.
It’s obvious to most. Most, but not all.
So adams is a #2? Adams is one year older than Evans and a 6 time pro bowler, 3 time all pro, two time NFL TD leader . . and yet . .
It will be interesting to see, as last season, Davante played the most at slot he ever has for his career.
Weird. Biggly . . weird .. one might say
Josh Q . .
Mike Evans Is Becoming A Different Receiver
And this is a new version of Mike Evans. Only 15% of his targets are of 20+ air yards. That is the lowest rate of his career by almost 4%. And it’s not just that he is trading those targets for underneath opportunities. He is getting half of his targets between 11-20 yards, which is the third-highest rate of his career.
Evans is being moved around the field at a higher rate to find him more advantageous matchups and prevent the defense from simply being able to bracket him on one side of a 3×1 as in years past. From Week 12 to Week 16 Evans was in the slot 40.8% of the time. In only 10 other instances has he had a five-game run of higher slot usage.
On a side note, the Rams may be in deep shit this season at QB.
Trade em Trask! Haha
From Week 12 to Week 16 Evans was in the slot 40.8% of the time. In only 10 other instances has he had a five-game run of higher slot usage.
Probably because Godwin was out and he's a great blocker.
Interesting stat tho
until he shows otherwise, Davante is a 1, Puka will play the power slot role now that Kupp is gone. makes the most sense anyway, as Puka has experience playing from the slot in McVay's offense, while Adams has played the vast majority of his career out wide.
It will be interesting to see, as last season, Davante played the most at slot he ever has for his career. A tick of 46%.
This was compared to Nacua, who played 29% of his snaps from the slot (Atwell getting a large chunk of those the past 3 seasons).
I think we'll see a fairly even distribution between the two.
Of course he did, because they wanted G. Wilson playing the X out wide where his decisions were going to necessarily be simpler.
As for Atwell, he's a gadget receiver, with a lot of speed, so McVay's been working him from the slot for several seasons now, trying to get that S/LB matchup whenever possible. He's a gimmick/decoy type of WR, and because of that, he has to work form the slot most of the time.
From Week 12 to Week 16 Evans was in the slot 40.8% of the time. In only 10 other instances has he had a five-game run of higher slot usage.
Probably because Godwin was out and he's a great blocker.
Interesting stat tho
yes for sure.
Probably two things at play when he comes back from injury. First, he missed time to injury and the opportunities were ticking away to break 1000. Josh Q said Coen was moving Evans around to find "advantageous matchups and prevent the defense from simply being able to bracket him on one side of a 3×1 as in years past."
Second they need someone to doo Godwin's work over the middle. Godwin's work was a critical part of the offense and now Godwin was gone, so MUCH TO EVAN'S CREDIT he did it and did it really well.
Like I said, its a credit to him that he has adapted. Its what great receivers do as they get older.
until he shows otherwise, Davante is a 1, Puka will play the power slot role now that Kupp is gone. makes the most sense anyway, as Puka has experience playing from the slot in McVay's offense, while Adams has played the vast majority of his career out wide.
It will be interesting to see, as last season, Davante played the most at slot he ever has for his career. A tick of 46%.
This was compared to Nacua, who played 29% of his snaps from the slot (Atwell getting a large chunk of those the past 3 seasons).
I think we'll see a fairly even distribution between the two.
Of course he did, because they wanted G. Wilson playing the X out wide where his decisions were going to necessarily be simpler.
As for Atwell, he's a gadget receiver, with a lot of speed, so McVay's been working him from the slot for several seasons now, trying to get that S/LB matchup whenever possible. He's a gimmick/decoy type of WR, and because of that, he has to work form the slot most of the time.
I understand all that.
Thus, me saying it will be interesting to see how the splits play out.
If I were putting money on it, it'll probably be closer to and equal share than most people think.