New York Giants fan and Big Blue View reader, Bob Brodman, posed this question to the Big Blue View mailbag:
“When WRs are projected to be “just a slot” what does that really mean? There is no WR in the NFL who specialize in playing the X, Y, or Z (slot) in the NFL, and all WR play inside and outside.
For example, class #1 outside WR AJ Brown, Davante Adams, and Justin Jefferson were aligned in the slot 36%, 42%, and 54% of the time in 2021. Or does the label “just a slot WR” really mean that they project as WR3, who usually comes off the field in 12 or 21 personnel?