At the catchpoint, he often flashes late hands-a trait Tyler Lockett excels at-which prevents defensive backs from swiping down on arms as a recovery move.“Phenomenal hands,” was Schneider’s praise for Jennings. Jennings also tracks the ball fantastically in the air, possessing a variety of catches while winning to the exact right spot. He fights and dips through contact during the stem of the route, employing an active off-hand while maintaining his speed and not altering his path. Thankfully, this is nearing the best aspect of Jennings’ game. Either way, for Jennings to make an impact as a rookie, his downfield ability will be most crucial. With what looks to be a worse defense in 2019, the Seahawks will likely be forced into passing more. Thankfully, this is nearing the best aspect of Jennings’ game.” “For Jennings to make an impact as a rookie, his downfield ability will be most crucial. On a similar subject, the 29-year-old passer led the league in Play-Action. Wilson’s joint-career-best 9.0 yards-per-attempt of 2018 is testament to this. The idea is to take downfield shots, mainly off play-action, against one-on-one coverage. Downfield abilityĭo you think Schottenheimer spells his favorite term “shot plays” or Schott plays™ ? Either way, the oft-repeated saying is what quarterback Russell Wilson excels at and what Seattle wants to target. If Seattle were to get into their empty sets, they would be looking for 3-cone kings or J.D. Again: Jennings aligning outside feels more realistic.

The offense used 11 personnel in 2018 66% of the time, yet with Dissly’s talents healthy 12 personnel better suits the running identity of the offense. Given Will Dissly appears to have made an excellent recovery from his torn patellar tendon, more 12 personnel (1 running back, 2 tight ends and 2 wide receivers) from the Seahawks makes sense. If Tyler Lockett, who Seattle will try to get the best match-up for, goes outside expect Seattle to put an agile, quick-to-separate player in the slot-Ursua, Keenan Reynolds, Terry Wright, Nyqwan Murray, etc. The film-something Schneider most definitely grinds-also shows Jennings to be a better fit outside too. We’re working hard, wanna get him out there and when he’s out there, we’ll kind of throw him in the mix and see what he does but his size inside, if that’s where he ends up, creates problems for people.”

But he’s hard in there because he’s so big and powerful. Other teams have the real quick slot that moves around, match-up type guy. You know, in that system that they ran there they tried to spread everybody out and use the big slot. Schottenheimer, when asked about slot work for Jennings, responded with an initial hesitation that also suggested Jennings isn’t going to be inside: He could be that power guy in there, but he’s really a downfield, he’s a really strong, like, hitch, smoke.” When General Manager John Schneider was asked post-draft if Jennings was a slot guy, his answer revealed all: “I mean, not really. HEa87zJaNY- Kent Lee Platte April 27, 2019 Gary Jennings posted a Elite #RAS with Good size, Good speed, Great explosiveness, Okay agility at the WR position. With pick 120 in the 2019 NFL Draft, the #Seahawks select Gary Jennings, WR, West Virginia. Still, Moore’s current route tree-go, fade and hitch-is likely to match Jennings’ rookie year deployment. Coming into the league from Central Oklahoma, his game was less refined than Jennings. The 22 year-old’s physical profile, which graded as “elite” according to Kent Lee Platte’s RAS metric, was similar to that of David Moore. With Doug Baldwin’s retirement, something the organization was clearly aware of during the draft phase of the offseason, it was presumed that Jennings was the immediate slot replacement. Unlike 7 th selection John Ursua, Jennings projects best as an outside receiver in Brian Schottenheimer’s attack. Metcalf.īut yes, the Seahawks did take two more receivers in the 2019 NFL Draft. You’d have been forgiven for thinking that Jennings didn’t actually play for the Seattle Seahawks given the (understandable) offseason hype of the 2 nd round, nearly-mythical D.K. And the fourth-rounder’s tape is rather good.

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