What It Means:

Waller spoke to Chris Long on the Green Light Podcast last week about his chemistry with quarterback Derek Carr. Asked if they had to "reset" anything following the arrival of new head coach Josh McDaniels, Waller said "I would say it's just a lot of new terminology and a new way of wording things...but once you're running the routes and the plays and you get the concept names down its really just football at the end of the day...I feel like we're picking up on it just fine". Waller also added that he is enjoying observing new arrival Davante Adams in practice, specifically when he is working on his releases. Waller, who reported to trading camp on Wednesday amid contract extension talks, earned Pro Football Focus' tenth highest receiving grade for a tight end last season.

Waller is currently the TE3 in numberFire's preseason rankings. Our models project him for 86.8 receptions on 133.6 targets for 1071.6 yards and 6.16 touchdowns.