Slot Vs Outside Receiver
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The biggest difference between slot and outside alignments isn’t route distribution; too many teams run too many routes from various alignments to comfortably say slot receivers run short routes and outside receivers run deep routes. The difference is space. Charlie Joiner, a member of the ’Air Coryell’ San Diego Chargers teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s, was the first ’slot receiver’ to be his team’s primary receiver. Wide receivers generally hit their peak between the ages of 23 and 30, with about 80 percent of peak seasons falling within that range according to one study. This is why the question exists as to whether or not a receiver that has had success on the inside, in the slot, can easily move to the outside. It’s not just a matter of running different routes.
As mentioned above, the slot receiver is a receiver who is between the nearest player on the line of scrimmage (Tackle or Tight End) and an outside receiver. The slot receiver was made prominent in pass-heavy offenses such as West Coast systems.The Slotback (SB) is used in the flexbone formation
Slotback, sometimes referred to as an A-back or ’slot receiver’, is a position in gridiron football. The ’slot’ is the area between the last offensive lineman on either side of the center and the wide receiver on that side. A player who lines up between those two players and behind the line of scrimmage fills that ’slot’. The slotback position is a fixture of Canadian football and indoor football, but is also used in American football. The slotback requires a versatile player, who must combine the receiving skills of a wide receiver, the ball-carrying skills of a running back, and the blocking skills of a tight end.[1]
A similarly named position is the slot receiver, who is the third wide receiver in a 3-receiver set, the one who lines up between the outermost receiver and the end of the offensive line.
Slotbacks are often as many as five yards behind the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped and, in the Canadian and indoor game, may also make a running start toward the line of scrimmage prior to the snap. In most forms of American football, this would be an illegal motion, although a few professional leagues such as the World Football League and XFL allowed forward motion.Role[edit]
Slotbacks are primarily used as hybrid running backs/receivers, but are often used to provide pass protection on blitzes and blocking as required on running plays. They are preferred over the wide receiver or tight end for receiving short passes or hand-offs due to their positioning being closer to the quarterback. When formations containing slotbacks are used in American football the team often has to go without a tight end, a fullback or a running back due to there being only 11 men on the offense and 7 being on the line of scrimmage, one reason they are rarer in the American game. However, as NFL teams have increasingly ’defaulted to three- and four-receiver sets’ in recent years, the slot receiver has become a fixture of American football formations [1]. In terms of a depth chart, a slotback is typically considered the third wide receiver and may be expected to be a ’possession receiver’ that can reliably catch a pass when covered by a safety, since they are most commonly used when converting medium-distance third-down conversions.
Slotbacks are used effectively in flexbone formations, in which they are used as extra receivers.Slotbacks are usually smaller and faster than the other positions used. they are also used for short passes and short runs to get extra yards or a first down or a third down drive.
It is important to note that players are not drafted to become slotbacks in the NFL. This position is filled as needed by a wide receiver or running back with the necessary skill-set to effectively play the position. Slotbacks must be able to block, catch, and evade tacklers at a high level to be productive. In 2019, the Navy Midshipmen football team had a highly productive season where their slotbacks gained over 1,500 all-purpose yards.[2]Slot Vs Outside ReceiverExamples[edit]
As the NFL has shifted to a pass heavy league over the last few years there has been an explosion of slot backs. Some prime examples are the recently retired Darren Sproles, and the still active players Christian McCaffrey, and Larry Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald extended his football career by moving from an outside receiving position to going into the slot where he is able to use his veteran savvy and quick change of direction in tandem with his willingness to block to still be considered among the best in the league at what he does.[3]
McCaffrey entered the NFL in 2017 and has never failed to put up over 1,000 yards from scrimmage (as of 2020) in fact, in 2019 he totaled a thousand yards running and a thousand yards receiving, with a lot of those receiving yards coming from the slot back position[4] McCaffrey is a peculiar example, because most slot backs are not expected to get the most touches in an offense, but he was the Carolina Panthers’ leading rusher over the last two seasons while also putting up great stats as a receiver as well.
Darren Sproles was never a prolific running back, but he was a great slotback. His 2011 season is the epitome of what a slotback should be. He ran the ball 87 times and he added 86 receptions for over 1,300 Yards from scrimmage and 9 touchdowns[5]
Slotbacks have been very important in the CFL, as marked by the TSN Top 50 CFL Players 4 of the top players in league history were specifically Slotbacks. These players are Allen Pitts, Milt Stegall, Ray Elgaard, and Terry Vaughn. These players were reliable producers every season with a knack for rushing, receiving, and blocking to lead their respective teams to many wins over the years.
On depth charts, slotbacks are labeled as wide receivers.[6]See also[edit]
*H-back, a similar positionReferences[edit]
*^Association, American Football Coaches (2000). Offensive football strategies. Human Kinetics. ISBN9780736001397.
*^Wagner, Bill. ’Navy slotback corps has been quite productive’. capitalgazette.com. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
*^’Larry Fitzgerald And The Increased Importance Of The Slot Receiver’. www.azcardinals.com. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
*^’Christian McCaffrey Stats’. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
*^’Darren Sproles Stats’. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
*^Alder, James. ’What’s the Slot in Football? Here’s an Easy Explanation’. LiveAbout.Positions in American football and Canadian footballOffense (Skill position)DefenseSpecial teamsLinemenGuard, Tackle, CenterLinemenTackle, End, Edge rusherKicking playersPlacekicker, Punter, Kickoff specialistQuarterback (Dual-threat, Game manager, System)LinebackerSnappingLong snapper, HolderBacksHalfback/Tailback (Triple-threat, Change of pace), Fullback, H-back, WingbackBacksCornerback, Safety, Halfback, Nickelback, DimebackReturningPunt returner, Kick returner, Jammer, UpmanReceiversWide receiver (Eligible), Tight end, Slotback, EndTacklingGunner, Upback, UtilityFormations(List) — Nomenclature — StrategyRetrieved from ’https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slotback&oldid=994747580’
In the 2019 NFL season, per Sports Info Solutions, there were 19,933 total quarterback dropbacks. Against those dropbacks, NFL defenses put four defensive backs on the field just 18% of the time (3,579 snaps), while nickel defense (with five defensive backs) ruled the league by far with 59% of all snaps (11,780). And if you want to know how much the NFL isn’t a base defense league anymore, consider this: Defenses lined up in dime coverage (six defensive backs on the field) on 20.9% of total dropbacks (4,091), which means that teams played more dime defense than base defense. The Seahawks were the only team to play base defense more than 50% of the time (67%), and the Cardinals finished second at 37%.
All this is to say that unless you’re the Seahawks, you’d better have some top-level slot defenders if you want to put a credible pass defense out there in a league where offenses are implementing more kinds of receiver sets and route combinations than ever before.
And it’s not as if the skill sets required to be a slot defender are the same as those for an outside cornerback. You might be up against a 6-foot-5, 250-pound tight end on first down who can body you right out of the paint, and on the next play, you may have to deal with a small, speedy option-route receiver whose job is to juke you right out of your shoes. And as Richard Sherman once told me in his Seattle days, the thing about playing outside cornerback is that the boundary is your friend. That’s not the case when you’re in the slot, where you’re defending in space pretty much all the time.Slot Vs Outside ReceiversSlot Receiver Vs Outside Receiver
So, which slot defenders were the most effective and valuable to their teams in 2019, and thus should be set up to do the same in 2020? With help from Pro Football Focus’ metrics, and a whole lot of tape study, here’s one list. To avoid small sample-size results, each of these defenders played at least 50% of their snaps in the slot.
Mike Hilton | Chris Harris Jr. | Jourdan Lewis | Tramon Williams | Mackensie Alexander | Nickell Robey-Coleman | Marlon Humphrey | D.J. Hayden | Brian Poole | K’Waun Williams | Tyrann Mathieu
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The biggest difference between slot and outside alignments isn’t route distribution; too many teams run too many routes from various alignments to comfortably say slot receivers run short routes and outside receivers run deep routes. The difference is space. Charlie Joiner, a member of the ’Air Coryell’ San Diego Chargers teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s, was the first ’slot receiver’ to be his team’s primary receiver. Wide receivers generally hit their peak between the ages of 23 and 30, with about 80 percent of peak seasons falling within that range according to one study. This is why the question exists as to whether or not a receiver that has had success on the inside, in the slot, can easily move to the outside. It’s not just a matter of running different routes.
As mentioned above, the slot receiver is a receiver who is between the nearest player on the line of scrimmage (Tackle or Tight End) and an outside receiver. The slot receiver was made prominent in pass-heavy offenses such as West Coast systems.The Slotback (SB) is used in the flexbone formation
Slotback, sometimes referred to as an A-back or ’slot receiver’, is a position in gridiron football. The ’slot’ is the area between the last offensive lineman on either side of the center and the wide receiver on that side. A player who lines up between those two players and behind the line of scrimmage fills that ’slot’. The slotback position is a fixture of Canadian football and indoor football, but is also used in American football. The slotback requires a versatile player, who must combine the receiving skills of a wide receiver, the ball-carrying skills of a running back, and the blocking skills of a tight end.[1]
A similarly named position is the slot receiver, who is the third wide receiver in a 3-receiver set, the one who lines up between the outermost receiver and the end of the offensive line.
Slotbacks are often as many as five yards behind the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped and, in the Canadian and indoor game, may also make a running start toward the line of scrimmage prior to the snap. In most forms of American football, this would be an illegal motion, although a few professional leagues such as the World Football League and XFL allowed forward motion.Role[edit]
Slotbacks are primarily used as hybrid running backs/receivers, but are often used to provide pass protection on blitzes and blocking as required on running plays. They are preferred over the wide receiver or tight end for receiving short passes or hand-offs due to their positioning being closer to the quarterback. When formations containing slotbacks are used in American football the team often has to go without a tight end, a fullback or a running back due to there being only 11 men on the offense and 7 being on the line of scrimmage, one reason they are rarer in the American game. However, as NFL teams have increasingly ’defaulted to three- and four-receiver sets’ in recent years, the slot receiver has become a fixture of American football formations [1]. In terms of a depth chart, a slotback is typically considered the third wide receiver and may be expected to be a ’possession receiver’ that can reliably catch a pass when covered by a safety, since they are most commonly used when converting medium-distance third-down conversions.
Slotbacks are used effectively in flexbone formations, in which they are used as extra receivers.Slotbacks are usually smaller and faster than the other positions used. they are also used for short passes and short runs to get extra yards or a first down or a third down drive.
It is important to note that players are not drafted to become slotbacks in the NFL. This position is filled as needed by a wide receiver or running back with the necessary skill-set to effectively play the position. Slotbacks must be able to block, catch, and evade tacklers at a high level to be productive. In 2019, the Navy Midshipmen football team had a highly productive season where their slotbacks gained over 1,500 all-purpose yards.[2]Slot Vs Outside ReceiverExamples[edit]
As the NFL has shifted to a pass heavy league over the last few years there has been an explosion of slot backs. Some prime examples are the recently retired Darren Sproles, and the still active players Christian McCaffrey, and Larry Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald extended his football career by moving from an outside receiving position to going into the slot where he is able to use his veteran savvy and quick change of direction in tandem with his willingness to block to still be considered among the best in the league at what he does.[3]
McCaffrey entered the NFL in 2017 and has never failed to put up over 1,000 yards from scrimmage (as of 2020) in fact, in 2019 he totaled a thousand yards running and a thousand yards receiving, with a lot of those receiving yards coming from the slot back position[4] McCaffrey is a peculiar example, because most slot backs are not expected to get the most touches in an offense, but he was the Carolina Panthers’ leading rusher over the last two seasons while also putting up great stats as a receiver as well.
Darren Sproles was never a prolific running back, but he was a great slotback. His 2011 season is the epitome of what a slotback should be. He ran the ball 87 times and he added 86 receptions for over 1,300 Yards from scrimmage and 9 touchdowns[5]
Slotbacks have been very important in the CFL, as marked by the TSN Top 50 CFL Players 4 of the top players in league history were specifically Slotbacks. These players are Allen Pitts, Milt Stegall, Ray Elgaard, and Terry Vaughn. These players were reliable producers every season with a knack for rushing, receiving, and blocking to lead their respective teams to many wins over the years.
On depth charts, slotbacks are labeled as wide receivers.[6]See also[edit]
*H-back, a similar positionReferences[edit]
*^Association, American Football Coaches (2000). Offensive football strategies. Human Kinetics. ISBN9780736001397.
*^Wagner, Bill. ’Navy slotback corps has been quite productive’. capitalgazette.com. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
*^’Larry Fitzgerald And The Increased Importance Of The Slot Receiver’. www.azcardinals.com. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
*^’Christian McCaffrey Stats’. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
*^’Darren Sproles Stats’. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
*^Alder, James. ’What’s the Slot in Football? Here’s an Easy Explanation’. LiveAbout.Positions in American football and Canadian footballOffense (Skill position)DefenseSpecial teamsLinemenGuard, Tackle, CenterLinemenTackle, End, Edge rusherKicking playersPlacekicker, Punter, Kickoff specialistQuarterback (Dual-threat, Game manager, System)LinebackerSnappingLong snapper, HolderBacksHalfback/Tailback (Triple-threat, Change of pace), Fullback, H-back, WingbackBacksCornerback, Safety, Halfback, Nickelback, DimebackReturningPunt returner, Kick returner, Jammer, UpmanReceiversWide receiver (Eligible), Tight end, Slotback, EndTacklingGunner, Upback, UtilityFormations(List) — Nomenclature — StrategyRetrieved from ’https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slotback&oldid=994747580’
In the 2019 NFL season, per Sports Info Solutions, there were 19,933 total quarterback dropbacks. Against those dropbacks, NFL defenses put four defensive backs on the field just 18% of the time (3,579 snaps), while nickel defense (with five defensive backs) ruled the league by far with 59% of all snaps (11,780). And if you want to know how much the NFL isn’t a base defense league anymore, consider this: Defenses lined up in dime coverage (six defensive backs on the field) on 20.9% of total dropbacks (4,091), which means that teams played more dime defense than base defense. The Seahawks were the only team to play base defense more than 50% of the time (67%), and the Cardinals finished second at 37%.
All this is to say that unless you’re the Seahawks, you’d better have some top-level slot defenders if you want to put a credible pass defense out there in a league where offenses are implementing more kinds of receiver sets and route combinations than ever before.
And it’s not as if the skill sets required to be a slot defender are the same as those for an outside cornerback. You might be up against a 6-foot-5, 250-pound tight end on first down who can body you right out of the paint, and on the next play, you may have to deal with a small, speedy option-route receiver whose job is to juke you right out of your shoes. And as Richard Sherman once told me in his Seattle days, the thing about playing outside cornerback is that the boundary is your friend. That’s not the case when you’re in the slot, where you’re defending in space pretty much all the time.Slot Vs Outside ReceiversSlot Receiver Vs Outside Receiver
So, which slot defenders were the most effective and valuable to their teams in 2019, and thus should be set up to do the same in 2020? With help from Pro Football Focus’ metrics, and a whole lot of tape study, here’s one list. To avoid small sample-size results, each of these defenders played at least 50% of their snaps in the slot.
Mike Hilton | Chris Harris Jr. | Jourdan Lewis | Tramon Williams | Mackensie Alexander | Nickell Robey-Coleman | Marlon Humphrey | D.J. Hayden | Brian Poole | K’Waun Williams | Tyrann Mathieu
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