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Evans: It's hard to say. I don't know exactly what my role was when Chan and those guys came in. Obviously, my biggest attribute is speed and being a downfield threat. That's kind of how [Baltimore] wants to use me, and I think that's why they brought me here. If you look at Anquan Boldin, he can do everything over the middle. And I think they want me to be able to stretch the field vertically.
That more than a year passed and he still does not know his role in Chan's offense tells you something.
My guess is that Chan does not want every receiver having a certain role, like you do deep post, you go middle, he runs slants, etc. In other words, Chan is big on unpredictability. Every receiver should be able to do all types of routes.
I know not every NFL offense operates that way and Lee obviously did not buy into it. I'm not saying Lee is wrong because there are successful offenses in NFL that cater to individual strength exculsively. It's just not Gailey's which has proven to be successful as well. In that regard, it's probably better for Lee and Chan to part their ways.
From that little tidbit, you can also get an idea of the kind of QB Chan prefers. Hint: it's not someone automatically looking for jersey number 83 deep if 83 is on the field. When the ball is snapped, the QB sees the defense breaks (with some pre-snap look as well), with the knowledge of the route of each receiver, he should know then where the ball should go - before he's pummelled.
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