Offense: Rank 3-5 Areas of Improvement

[PTORaven]

Do you mean Mason's comeback route? Where he'd come back toward the sideline?

yeah exactly. sometimes it seemed like half his body was out of bounds as he caught it. but around a decade or so they changed that rule. under the old rule, if an airborne player was forced OOB by a defender, but the ref determined that the player would've completed the pass with two feet inbounds had the defender not pushed him out, it was ruled a completion. now, no matter what the defender does, a player has to get both feet inbounds. doesnt totally remove that route's effectiveness, but it does weaken it quite a bit.

but kudos to mason for perfecting that route to extend his career. i wish snead would develop a signature route, although id rather see him perfect the back shoulder fade like jordy nelson http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/sto...-shoulder-fade

[PTORaven]

i dont know if my explanation of the rule change was clear, so here's an article from 2008 describing it better https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-trouble-ahead