Laquon Treadwell to revive Turner's 'Bang 8' route?

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Laquon Treadwell to revive Turner's 'Bang 8' route?

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Laquon Treadwell to revive Turner's 'Bang 8' route?

Turner, of course, was Michael Irvin's offensive coordinator during their run with the Super Bowl-winning Cowboys back in the 1990s. At 6-foot-2 and 221 pounds, Treadwell shares similar traits to Irvin, leading Matt Vensel of The Star Tribune to note that Turner might again lean heavily on the skinny post routes that helped vault Irvin into the Hall of Fame.

Turner's current-day version of the Air Coryell offense now has the ideal pass-catcher in Treadwell to target on those skinny posts -- which Turner and Irvin came to call the "Bang 8."

"Everyone thinks (of the offense as) the ball being thrown 40 or 50 yards," Turner said. "The biggest plays, and the plays that guys who played in this system identify with, are the 18- to 22-yard in routes, skinny posts, seam routes."
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