PFF's Seth Galina breakdown of Joe Burrow 2020.

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(04-10-2021, 11:13 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Agree  with most of what you say except I don't consider Green to be our only vertical receiver.  Higgins ran a faster forty than Green.  I realize there is more to being a good vertical receiver than just the forty time, but I don't see any reason Higgins can't be one. 

Like AJ I believe Tee can develop into that all around very good X receiver but like AJ what Tee does in that short and intermediate part of the field will be what opens up the vertical passing for him. AJ Green was so good at things like 3 and 10 yard sticks which opened up the double move or thr straight 9 because the corners were caught flat footed waiting for him to break down. AJ was also a master of the slant and that opened up the Slant and Go (Sluggo). I think Tee can have similar success in that area.

Then there are guys that are the exact opposite that the vertical threat opens up the underneath routes for them like comebacks etc. The Bengals need a guy like that.