Bleeding Green Nation on Makai Lemon
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Lemon was not billed as a twitchy gadget player coming out of USC and is probably better utilized working the middle of the field as a slot receiver tasked with finding soft spots against zone coverage... he's a willing, but limited blocker... Nick Cross drove Lemon into Saquon Barkley's running lanes a couple times on Sunday.
STACKED’s take
Lemon (25 routes) is a work in progress; better as slot receiver, limited as run blocker.
Lemon ran 25 routes in his NFL debut against Washington and is a work in progress; he's not a twitchy gadget player and is probably better utilized working the middle of the field as a slot receiver finding soft spots against zone coverage; however, he's a willing but limited blocker in an offense that uses heavy condensed sets, making him an important part of the run game; he struggled in the run game in his debut, with defensive back Nick Cross driving him into Saquon Barkley's running lanes a couple times; best-case scenario is getting him the ball on underneath routes tied to play-action while putting him in fewer blocking situations from condensed formations.
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