Bowden had more snaps than Shaheed. Any scouts can share their thoughts?

FooDoo said
In the Colt game, Bowden has 24 snap vs Shaheed 18. Curious why he's used more than Shaheed.

I see in the highlights, number 5 is in the picture often, either throwing that key block or drawing a defender away.

I'm curious if he could become Taysom Hill lite. He was drafted by the Raider as RB / WR and he was a QB in college. Now, his role seems to be decoy or blocker. Could it be expanded?

I don't think we have room for Bowden to become Taysom Hill lite any time soon, but it's the first game where he had more snaps than Shaheed.

My guess is that it was gameplan driven, in the Colts game we had the lowest usage of 3+ WR that we've had all season (44%), and Shaheed primarily plays in 3+ WR sets (86% of the time).

WhoDat?DrewDat said
That's legitimately crazy.

There's no way his blocking is THAT good.

FWIW, we average 4.3 yds/att when Bowden is on the field and 3.6 yds/att when he isn't. It's driven by us having more explosive runs (10+ yards) when he is on the field (14% of runs when he is on VS 7% of runs when he is off).

We also average 8.3 yds/DB when he is on VS 6.1 yds/DB when he is off, and that's with only 3/23 pass attempts going for 10+ air yards. We average 6.1 YAC/att when he is on the field, which is going to be driven by good blocking and/or clear-outs.

While the difference can't be 100% attributed to his blocking, we have been a more productive offense when he is on the field (so far), which goes against the narrative that defenses are keying on and stopping the run when he is out there.

Saint Greg said
I’d want to know when those plays were. The last drive we were running the clock down. 9 plays and only 1 pass. Something like that could tip the balance if he’s in there for those running plays.

Pretty even throughout the game.

t-rex23 said
My only issue with it is that when Bowden checks in it's certainly a rub.

One of the Payton holdovers where we go out of our way to tip plays with personnel groupings

Against the Colts, we ran 67% of the time when he was on the field, yet still averaged 5.4 yds/carry with a 63% success rate.

We tipped our hand even more with Shaheed, passing 89% of the time when he was on the field, but still had 13.6 yds/DB with a 56% success rate.