It has taken teams a while to figure it out, but they now treat him as a wide receiver for the purposes of matching up defensive personnel packages. The majority of his snaps occur split out as a wide receiver or in the slot. Aaron Hernandez lines up as a traditional in-line tight end just 29% of the time. Jermichael Finley is trying to claim he is a wide receiver because he lines up as a wide out or in the slot around the same amount of time as he does in a traditional three point stance. Most tight ends line up in the slot or out wide at times in today’s NFL. Tom Brady hits Hernandez on a crossing pattern that picks up 46 yards. Hernandez the WR – Week 15 Denver | 1stQ, 9:04 | 3rd-and-9 Since then, however, he has morphed into a legitimate hybrid of three positions, and in this piece we're looking at examples of how Hernandez can hurt teams three different ways. Hernandez started off as another of the new breed of receiving tight ends (a big receiver that can’t really block), and saw much of his time split out wide or simply running routes from his tight end spot rather than contributing with any blocking. We'll find out the Giants player that is coming under the microscope tomorrow, but today we're taking a look at one of the game’s true X-factor players: New England's Aaron Hernandez. Continuing our Super Bowl Preview Week at PFF, we’re turning our attention now away from the team perspective in order to focus more closely on an individual player from each squad.

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