Beastmode

There is a trend in the NFL of good receivers being ignored, not on this level but I have observed it all season. Monster game and then next to nothing the following week, then somebody emerges out of nowhere like TommyLee.

The spreading the ball around tactic seems to have evolved into a new tactic of ignoring a good receiver for much of the game. Patriots love to do it. Every week with them you never know who is going to be the main effort.

AsylumGuido

The player is not being ignored. Being ignored is not being looked at or even considered at all. What is happening is that defenses make it a point that this particular player is not going to be the one that beats them. Almost any player can be shut down with enough defensive attention. But, that just leaves someone else open unless the rest of the offense sucks.