(01-11-2019, 03:23 PM)irontrooper83 Wrote: Lockett 2016 season tape cut-up:

From the summary (a few seconds in the video you get to see numbers of targets/routes) 

"With Tyler Lockett finally returning to the practice field, I felt it was time to do a film update. For this video, I tracked his 66 targets from his 2016 season and looked at the general trends of his role in the Seahawks’ offense. Since I did this last offseason, his potential change in role was actually of more interest to me. Well after studying his tape, his role was actually largely the same as it was last season.

Based on his tape, a large portion of his role in the Seahawks’ offense was to horizontally stretch the defense. Quick bubble screens made up a good portion of his routes. In many zone based schemes like Alex Gibbs’ for example, teams will use outside zone to move the linebackers. Bubble screens in Seattle’s offense accomplish the same thing."

LOL this thread is getting fun.

Thanks for posting that.

FWIW -  17.8% of Lockett's 2016 targets were screens.

Also interesting to note that the NFL's next gen stats began their collecting in Bevells 2016 season in Seattle.
Russell Wilson ranked smack dab in the middle of the pack in the "Air yards to the sticks" category. 
If you aren't familiar - this is what that means. 

Air Yards to the Sticks (AYTS)-Air Yards to the Sticks  - shows the amount of Air Yards ahead or behind the first down marker on all attempts for a passer. The metric indicates if the passer is attempting his passes past the 1st down marker, or if he is relying on his skill position players to make yards after catch.

If Bevell was calling as many bubble screens as has been repeatedly suggested, Wilson's ranking and numbers there would be much lower.

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