there are so many opportunities with the attention hollywood will get for boykin to consistently get 1v1 coverage on the outside and he's athletic enough that he should win some of those reps just through pure athleticism even if the routes themselves arent great
i think the easiest evolution for boykin beyond refining his routes etc. is just the way Roman thinks about him in the offence - he was running mostly clear-out routes to try and draw coverage and i think the evolution has to be that if the safety doesnt take him out of the game you throw that deep shot in his direction and let him get it - basically put that clear-out route suddenly higher in the progressions as an actual proper defined read
he flashed athleticism and we know he's going to be on the field a lot simply because of his work on running downs - so there's reason to believe he's going to have every opportunity to be a big contributor in the offence
Exactly my thoughts, take those fades and just target him, and let him get running on slants. If you start targeting him on fades he’s gonna come down with a few, and then the whole field widens for you and the likes of Hollywood and andrews and even a guy like duvernay, become much more dangerous.
If Boykin can release consistently, there aren’t too many cbs with the height/speed/ball skills combo who are gonna be able to blank him on fade routes, if he can release early and make it footrace with the db, he’s got enough speed to stay uncovered and the length to make the throw and catch much easier as long as it’s placed over the dbs reach.