Some have grown impatient with the way the Seahawks have utilized Jaxon Smith-Njigba through the first four games of his career, but his usage appears to be a side effect of tweaks to the offense due to injuries on the offensive line.
selected Jaxon Smith-Njigba in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft, many fans of the team were stoked for the potential of the team to feature three high end wide receivers in its 2023 offense. A wet blanket was laid over those hopes during training camp whenThrough the first four games, however, the grumbling about how the Seahawks have utilized JSN has grown, with many displeased with a first round pick who has caught just 12 passes for 62 yards through the first four games of his career.
Now, moving on to the Seattle offense, however, one of the big challenges for Geno Smith and company this season has been the loss of both starting tackles, Charles Cross and Abe Lucas in Week 1. As a result of those injuries, the Seahawks have tweaked the offense somewhat, adjusting what they do in order to help protect Geno while Stone Forsythe and Jake Curhan continue to gain experience.
The effect of these tweaks on the offense has been a reduced utilization of deep routes, as the area of attack has been shifted somewhat closer to the line of scrimmage. This means that it’s not just JSN who is not being targeted deep, as other receiving targets on the roster are seeing lower aDOTs than in previous seasons in the offense of Shane Waldron.
Basically, the deep shots the team would normally take are used in part to open up the intermediate and underneath portion of the field for the offense to attack. Given his skillset - phenomenal agility and great hands, but lacking top end speed - the intermediate and underneath portion of the field is the exact area where the Seahawks are likely to look to deploy JSN.
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How the Seahawks tweaked offense since losing Charles Cross \u0026amp; Abe LucasSome have grown impatient with the way the Seahawks have utilized Jaxon Smith-Njigba through the first four games of his career, but his usage appears to be a side effect of tweaks to the offense due to injuries on the offensive line.
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