Yahoo Sports NFL on Brian Thomas Jr.

Thomas's role is vertical spacing; his route rate suggests scheme value despite low target volume.

Within Liam Coen's offense, Thomas's role appears to be that of the sacrificial X, stretching the defense vertically to open space underneath for the middle-of-the-field throws that drive the scheme. With Trevor Lawrence at his best working inside the hashes, that job rarely comes paired with major statistical output. Against Baltimore, while Thomas was only on the field for 19 total snaps, he ran a route on 11 of Lawrence's 26 pass attempts (42.3%), and on those 11 dropbacks, Lawrence was 6/11 (54.5%) for 109 yards with four of the team's 11 passing first downs (36.4%) and one passing touchdown.

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