01-10-2025, 04:45 PM
What exactly is meant by develop? What exactly are people looking for?
I think there is plenty of evidence that Iosivas progressed from year one to year two, for example. You can look at the raw stats and see that. Boyd left and Iosivas saw his playing time increase. He ran nearly 4x the amount of routes he did his rookie year (573 to 151), increased his yards per route ran by roughly 10% (.84 to 0.77) and caught six TDs. He did this while, importantly, learning a new position. Most of Andrei's snaps were in the slot this year (52.4%).
You can watch the tape and see improvement in his game, too. More consistent with his footwork which is leading to him getting into his routes quicker. I personally think he handled press man better this year. He scored a TD against KC where it was a goalline situation, press man with outside leverage and Andrei did a great job of freezing the defender, eliminating his leverage, and then cutting the route off to get open for a touchdown. Now, it wasn't against a great corner (Nazeeh Johnson) but it was still a really good job. When Andrei was working in these situations his rookie year, everything was really fast. He exploded off the line and tried to beat you with his athleticism. If that didn't work, he would try to be physical with you and move you around to generate a throwing lane. This year, he was more patient and allowed technique to do the work instead of relying on his physical traits alone. Look at this touchdown, for example...
![[Image: bmkgtyM.gif]](https://i.imgur.com/bmkgtyM.gif)
Look at the patience. He freezes him by taking hesitation steps and then B steps out of his route creating the separation to score. Here is the KC play I mentioned earlier...
![[Image: HGVPkPY.gif]](https://i.imgur.com/HGVPkPY.gif)
Again, the patience. Johnson has outside leverage, Iosivas freezes him and eliminates the leverage, takes the outside and breaks the route off to score. This is great. Now, compare it to these plays from last season...
![[Image: S3P1iiD.gif]](https://i.imgur.com/S3P1iiD.gif)
Andrei is just bullying his way into this touchdown. He comes off the line fast, no set up and relies on his physicality to win.
![[Image: Nbo5XPY.gif]](https://i.imgur.com/Nbo5XPY.gif)
Similar story. Andrei does jab step to attack his leverage, hand washes the hands away but doesn't win cleanly. Everything is fast. He wins a tough catch at the end.
Iosivas played smoother this season. He played with more patience. How much better he can get I have no idea. This may be his ceiling but there is definitely development in his game.
I think there is plenty of evidence that Iosivas progressed from year one to year two, for example. You can look at the raw stats and see that. Boyd left and Iosivas saw his playing time increase. He ran nearly 4x the amount of routes he did his rookie year (573 to 151), increased his yards per route ran by roughly 10% (.84 to 0.77) and caught six TDs. He did this while, importantly, learning a new position. Most of Andrei's snaps were in the slot this year (52.4%).
You can watch the tape and see improvement in his game, too. More consistent with his footwork which is leading to him getting into his routes quicker. I personally think he handled press man better this year. He scored a TD against KC where it was a goalline situation, press man with outside leverage and Andrei did a great job of freezing the defender, eliminating his leverage, and then cutting the route off to get open for a touchdown. Now, it wasn't against a great corner (Nazeeh Johnson) but it was still a really good job. When Andrei was working in these situations his rookie year, everything was really fast. He exploded off the line and tried to beat you with his athleticism. If that didn't work, he would try to be physical with you and move you around to generate a throwing lane. This year, he was more patient and allowed technique to do the work instead of relying on his physical traits alone. Look at this touchdown, for example...
Look at the patience. He freezes him by taking hesitation steps and then B steps out of his route creating the separation to score. Here is the KC play I mentioned earlier...
Again, the patience. Johnson has outside leverage, Iosivas freezes him and eliminates the leverage, takes the outside and breaks the route off to score. This is great. Now, compare it to these plays from last season...
Andrei is just bullying his way into this touchdown. He comes off the line fast, no set up and relies on his physicality to win.
Similar story. Andrei does jab step to attack his leverage, hand washes the hands away but doesn't win cleanly. Everything is fast. He wins a tough catch at the end.
Iosivas played smoother this season. He played with more patience. How much better he can get I have no idea. This may be his ceiling but there is definitely development in his game.
