For example, if your opponent loves to put their slot receiver on a slant route, you can now tell your slot corner to defend the inside part of the field and the slant will not get open.

He'll be perfect for timing routes and quick passes, and in the slot, he can be a lethal weapon, spamming his elite slant routes, which he already runs at a high level.

Here's what writer Lauren Gray had to say about Evans: "Mike Evans generated a 15.8% target rate on slants last season, the second-highest clip in his route tree. Nearly every catch turned into a ...

Mike Evans is fresh off his 11th consecutive 1,000-yard season for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, tying Hall of Famer Jerry Rice's record, and is the only player to ever do it in the first 11 seasons ...

As a result of that coaching, Evans still flourished in Coen's system — and, per Pro Football Focus, he was particularly deadly when running slant routes. Pro Football Focus went over the best ...