Aaron Rodgers won this third MVP award last season, and he did it in part by avoiding the throw that other quarterbacks attempt most often. While most passers are often content to make safe throws with little upside, Rodgers thrived by forcing defenses to chase receivers running across the field on shallow patterns, then blowing them up with bombs down the sidelines.
Last week, we looked at the most common routes in the 2020 season from a receiver's perspective—how much production, or lack thereof, the most commonly targeted receivers could produce on a given route. That's only half the story, however.