Weird things to ponder about the design of the offense...

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(12-15-2021, 05:34 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Using Chase as a short "check down" receiver is a waste of his talent.

Boyd is better in the slot than Chase is and Chase is better outside than Boyd is

LSU used Jefferson and Chase to run corner routes out of the slot with great effect.  They would obviously combine them with an in breaking route from the outside receiver like a dig, slant, post, or crossing route to hold the S in the middle of the field.

Chase would outproduce Boyd in the slot in a hypothetical swap with identical personnel around them.  The main reason is Chase is a much better RAC receiver than Boyd.  Chase is averaging 3.3 YAC Over Expected, which is 2nd best in the league.  Boyd only averages .3 YAC Over Expected.  The only reason Boyd might outproduce him in a practical sense is that Chase on the outside will open things up a lot more for Boyd than Boyd would for Chase as an outside WR.  

If we even had another deep threat, we could be free to move Chase into the slot more, but lack of speed at WR is a serious deficiency we have with our current roster construction.