Last week, Pro Football Focus (PFF) dropped an article discussing the league’s top receivers vs. both press and off-man coverage.
No Kansas City Chiefs receiver cracked the top 10 against press coverage, but against off-coverage, PFF explained the Chiefs have the league’s top two receivers on their roster in Sammy Watkins and Tyreek Hill:
As the article describes, “when playing off-man coverage, the defender gives some depth at the line of scrimmage, leaving a “cushion” between him and the receiver.”
The moral of the story is Watkins and Hill are such talented receivers that giving them any room to work can prove deadly for defense.