Everett Making Early Offensive Impact

Everett Making Early Offensive Impact

Myles Simmons

On 2nd-and-2 from the Oakland 47 Saturday night, quarterback Jared Goff dropped back, went through his progressions, and dumped a pass off to tight end Gerald Everett.

Everett had lined up in the backfield, but had made his way into the left flat after Goff’s play-action fake to running back Todd Gurley. Everett caught the pass at about the line of scrimmage, but then the rookie turned on the jets, darting down the left side. Then he put on the brakes with a juke, inducing a defender to fall out of his path. The rookie then gained about 10 more yards before being tackled for a 24-yard gain.

It was the second example of Everett creating extra yards with his evasive moves in two weeks. In Everett’s debut against the Cowboys, he shook off two defenders on his way to a nine-yard gain for his first professional reception.

“That’s just what I was really coached to do in college,” Everett said after Saturday’s game. “And [tight ends] coach Shane Waldron, [head coach Sean] McVay did a great job of illustrating the importance to me of tight turning and knifing up the field because you never know who’s behind you.”

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