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Chris Brown, Lead Journalist
Posted 55 minutes ago
If you took the time to exclusively watchLee Evans
as he ran his routes play after play and series after series last season you saw it time and time again. Double coverage, bracket coverage, a safety rolled over the top. Over and over Lee Evans was double teamed as the only major deep threat in Buffalo’s receiving corps, and more often than not it neutralized one of the Bills only quick strike weapons.
But now withTerrell Owens on board and set to be lined up opposite Evans, having an answer for number 83 suddenly is not so easy.
“There’s no doubt the dynamics of our offense have now changed with Terrell on the other side of Lee,” said offensive coordinator Turk Schonert. “We have to see how teams are going to play us. Last year especially the second half of the season, Lee was doubled. They take away our big threat and everybody kind of copied it and did the same thing the second half.”
Now with Owens, opponents can’t just double Evans and play everyone else straight up. And that’s what has Evans excited about the upcoming season. He knows he won’t be seeing double teams as frequently as he has in the past.
“I think it will certainly drop,” Evans said. “I was double-covered a lot last year. I think that it will drop. It’s hard to say by how much. I think teams will just try to schematically do different things that take people away at certain times, but it will be on the quarterback to make the right read on what the defense is trying to do, and see who’s open and make the play. We’ll see. I think it will be certainly a lot of fun going into it, and as we go through the season, it’s not going to be easy. It’s going to be a lot of work, but the potential is there.”...
Posted 55 minutes ago
If you took the time to exclusively watch
But now with
“There’s no doubt the dynamics of our offense have now changed with Terrell on the other side of Lee,” said offensive coordinator Turk Schonert. “We have to see how teams are going to play us. Last year especially the second half of the season, Lee was doubled. They take away our big threat and everybody kind of copied it and did the same thing the second half.”
Now with Owens, opponents can’t just double Evans and play everyone else straight up. And that’s what has Evans excited about the upcoming season. He knows he won’t be seeing double teams as frequently as he has in the past.
“I think it will certainly drop,” Evans said. “I was double-covered a lot last year. I think that it will drop. It’s hard to say by how much. I think teams will just try to schematically do different things that take people away at certain times, but it will be on the quarterback to make the right read on what the defense is trying to do, and see who’s open and make the play. We’ll see. I think it will be certainly a lot of fun going into it, and as we go through the season, it’s not going to be easy. It’s going to be a lot of work, but the potential is there.”...
" ~ yordad
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