If you’ve ever stumbled upon a highlight package of some of the NFL’s best route runners, you’re going to notice it’s littered with Davante Adams and Hunter Renfrow.
We’re talking about two wide receivers who seemingly couldn’t be any different in terms of what type of players they are but who are both well-known as being among the NFL’s best route runners.
Adams is far more established in that regard and thus landed atop Pro Football Focus’s list of the league’s best route runners this offseason. Renfrow made the list as well, at No. 10.
Keeping in mind the respect Adams commands as a route runner, this is what he had to say Thursday about his new teammate after the team’s final minicamp practice.
“I’ve been around a lot of people like Hunter, but there’s never been a fourth-year with the type of football acumen that he has. His awareness and understanding why he does certain things,” said Adams. “Because there’s people out there with a lot of talent, but they can’t sit there and break it down and tell you why they did what they did with their footwork or the next rep, why they tweaked it a little bit because of a look they had. So, his awareness, his football smarts, he’s definitely ahead of his time, so it’s actually fun.
“Sometimes I’ll be sitting there talking to him in the middle of an offensive meeting and we’ll be talking about releases, and he’ll be talking about what he thought. And I’m like, this is fun. This is fun being someone who’s a lot like me mentally in the way that he approaches the game and the way I attack it. Always trying to find those small nuances, whether it’s something the defense is doing or if it’s something I’m doing. It’s been great. I’ve been learning from him, he’s been learning from me.”
Yes, the eight-year veteran who has been to five straight Pro Bowls and on two-straight All-Pro teams is learning something from the fourth-year slot receiver coming off his…
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