It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to find out Cincinnati Bengals wideout Tyler Boyd ranked as one of the most productive slot wideouts in the league last year.
According to NFL Matchup, Boyd put up 661 yards on a 13.8 average from the slot last season, good for seventh in the NFL right around names like Cooper Kupp and Larry Fitzgerald.
Impressive, as on the whole Boyd had another 1,000-yard campaign with five scores despite no A.J. Green on the field for a struggling team under a new head coach that benched the starting quarterback for a stretch (got all that?).
The idea of No.1 play from Boyd is why the Bengals front office hit him with that four-year extension worth $43 million over the summer.
