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It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that the position I’m watching closely this preseason is at WR, so I took the liberty to break down the position on a play-by-play basis.

TOTAL PLAYS (WR)

Ajirotutu – 28

Pilares – 23

Murphy – 23

Smith – 13

LaFell – 13

Edwards – 10

D. Adams – 10

J. Adams – 3

Green – 2

Bersin – 2

Avila – 0

Bryant – 0

Gettis – DNP

Wallace – DNP

KICK RETURNS (in order of appearance)

Pilares – 2

Adams – 2

Edwards – 2

Avila – 1

PUNT RETURNS (in order of appearance)

Adams – 2

Avila – 2

UNITS (Primary slot WR listed 3rd)

1st Unit: Smith, LaFell (slot in 3-WR sets), Ajirotutu

2nd Unit: Ajirotutu, Murphy, Pilares

3rd Unit: Edwards, D. Adams, Pilares

4th Unit: Green, Bersin, J. Adams

PLAY-BY-PLAY

It might look a little confusing the way I set up the play-by-play. Basically you read the players from left to right the same as you would look at the line of scrimmage left to right from a QB perspective, with bold font indicating the slot WR and // representing the Center. Play outcomes are in parenthesis.

QB – Newton

1: LaFell // Smith (Completion to Smith)

2: Smith // LaFell (Run)

3: Ajirotutu – LaFell // Smith (Incompletion to LaFell *3rd Down*)

4: LaFell // Smith (Run)

5: LaFell // Smith – (Sack)

6: Ajirotutu – LaFell // Smith (Sack *3rd Down*)

7: Smith // LaFell (Run)

8: Smith // LaFell (Incompletion to Tolbert)

9: Smith // LaFell – Ajirotutu (QB Run *3rd Down*)

10: Smith – LaFell (RB Screen)

11: LaFell // Smith (Run)

12: Smith // LaFell (Incompletion to Smith)

13: Smith // LaFell – Ajirotutu (Incompletion to Ajirotutu *3rd Down*)

QB – Anderson

14: Ajirotutu – Murphy (Run)

15: Ajirotutu // Murphy (Completion to Ajirotutu negated by penalty)

16: Murphy – Pilares // Ajirotutu (Completion to Ajirotutu)

17: Ajirotutu (Run *3rd Down*

18: Ajirotutu // Murphy (Incompletion to Brockel)

19: Ajirotutu // Pilares – Murphy (Screen to Pilares)

20: Murphy // Ajirotutu (Run *3rd Down*)

21: Ajirotutu // Pilares – Murphy (Completion to Barnidge)

22: Murphy // Ajirotutu (Sack)

23: Ajirotutu – Murphy // Pilares (Incompletion to Barnidge *3rd Down*)

24: Murphy // Ajirotutu (Sack)

25: Ajirotutu – Pilares // Murphy (Completion to Murphy)

26: Murphy – Pilares // Ajirotutu (Incompletion to Murphy)

27: Murphy – Pilares // Ajirotutu (Completion to Murphy)

28: Murphy // Pilares – Ajirotutu (Incompletion to Ajirotutu *Defensive Holding*)

29: Ajirotutu – Pilares // Murphy (Run)

30: Ajirotutu – Pilares // Murphy (Incompletion to Ajirotutu *Defensive Pass Interference*)

31: Murphy // Pilares – Ajirotutu (Incompletion to Murphy)

32: Ajirotutu // Pilares – Murphy (Completion to Pilares)

33: Ajirotutu – Pilares // Murphy (Incompletion to Ajirotutu * Defensive Pass Interference*)

34: No WRs (Run)

35: Murphy – Pilares // Ajirotutu (QB Run)

36: Murphy // Ajirotutu (Completion to Barnidge, first play of 2nd half)

37: Murphy // Ajirotutu (Run)

38: Murphy // Pilares – Ajirotutu (Interception intended for Ajirotutu)

QB – Clausen

39: Edwards // J. Adams – D. Adams (J. Adams Run)

40: Edwards // Pilares – D. Adams (Incompletion to Barnidge)

41: D. Adams // Pilares – Edwards (Sack *3rd Down*)

42: D. Adams – Edwards (RB Screen)

43: Edwards // Pilares – D. Adams (Incompletion to Edwards)

44: D. Adams // Pilares – Edwards (Sack *3rd Down*)

45: D. Adams // Pilares – Edwards (Completion to Edwards)

46: D. Adams – Pilares // Edwards (Sack)

47: D. Adams – Pilares // Edwards (Completion to Vaughn)

48: D. Adams – Edwards // Pilares (Incompletion to Vaughn *3rd down*)

49: Green // J. Adams – Bersin (Sack)

50: Bersin – J. Adams // Green (QB Fumble)

I’ll leave the observations to you guys, and if you all would like, I can post the same analysis after the Dolphins game too.