You’ve heard the term ‘keep your head on a swivel’? Usually that refers to players on the field watching out for getting their head taken off by a defender. For Raiders wide receivers in Josh McDaniels’s offense, it means a bit more.
“Everybody’s a threat out there,” said Davante Adams of what excites him about the Raiders offense this year. “It’s not like we’re setting up a play. Obviously, in pretty much every pass play you have the number one read, but you can get the ball from anywhere. You can be a guy that’s setting up another guy, but the coverage dictates that you get the ball. So, it kind of keeps guys’ minds in it and keeps you alive within every route.”
The idea of being a decoy is common in NFL offenses. As helpful to the offense as that can be, most wide receivers would prefer not to go into a play knowing they are not there to be a target from the outset. Adams says that’s not going to happen in this year’s offense.
