Bleeding Green Nation on Dontayvion Wicks

Wicks' vertical route creates void space on third-and-long; elite intermediate execution

Dontayvion Wicks pushed his intermediate route beyond the linebackers and settled in the void on third-and-12, creating space behind the second level by getting vertical first. This route depth was really good; the linebackers sit around the sticks on third-and-long, so a shallow in-breaker runs directly into them and leaves the receiver short of the line to gain. Wicks' vertical-first approach created the space needed for Hurts to layer a perfect throw into the middle of the field.

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