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Football 101: The WR Route Tree

A new series we’ll put out each Sunday morning to help get you – not that you needed it – into a football mindset. A basic Football 101 series that will look at a concept or scheme with the intention of making you a smarter football fan.

We’re going back to the most basic of basics today. It might seem simple to some but not everyone knows the NFL route three. We’ll cover the nine basic routes, and a couple bonus ones thrown in, every receiver in the NFL is asked to run.

Each route comes with a number.