Ray Sherman: 'In the slot, Miles Austin could encounter fewer double teams'

On Dez:
"He is learning to play on the outside. If you throw a lot at him you're going to confuse
him and slow his growth down. You have to get him in a spot and get him comfortable,
with the system and also have him understand all the other components of the route,
what those entail, then you can branch him out to other parts."

Why rookies typically struggle:
"There is so much - the splits, routes, adjustments, reading coverage, a lot of things go
into it, and if the guy is a little unsure he may be a little slower to react to it, then once
they grasp it then they are a lot quicker."

On why they play slower:
"Because they are thinking too much."

Simplifying it or just x:
"We are teaching him just the x position. He is going to have to line up in that spot on
that position, but right now he is learning just that position."

On Miles transitioning into the slot:
"Miles is fine, he has done that before. Him, Patrick, Sam, throwing Kevin in there, Roy
some... those guys are playing in that position."

Miles uses his slot to be effective:
"He may see less double coverage in there because they have to know where he is. If
you have him in the same spot all the time they can game plan to take him away. This is
why you have to be able to move him... -- Continue reading at the publisher's site