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FRPLG · 11-15-2004, 04:22 PM

His arm is not there. For whatever reason he just doesn't have the ability to zip a ball right now. That's what is causing the issues down field...his balls float out of bounds half the time. On intermediate routes he seems to gear up and try adn wing it as hard as he can to compensate which has of course killed his accuracy. He has even been astonishingly bad at short routes too. My guess is this is psychosymatic as he is trying so hard. Also his precipitous drop in mobility ash changed the way mechanics and timing of his throws on the run...I think this is another issue. Refering to my diatribe in a another thread about the WRs: this is where we have a fundamental problem. They get ZERO seperation. Outside of a guy like Vick creating on the run and MAKING seperation for his WRs there is no QB in the league who does well with the performance of our WRs. They have been the least talked about problem but I am betting everyone is going to catch on to their suckiness pretty soon. Important note: I don't think we lack talent at WR...I think we lack health. Coles has been a disaster this year...dropping balls and clearly being one or two steps slower on top of a significant drop in plain ole quickness. His hands are broken so he can't even hang on to 1/4 of the balls that hit him perfectly. Gardner is a possession guy who thrives on having a play-maker like Coles on the other side of the field. He can get body seperation in a one on one situation by using body positioning and size. This tougher to in the middle of the field when the safeties aren't respecting Coles like last year. Jacobs has been a pleasant surprise but he is the third read and rarely has gotten a ton of balls. I'd move Jacobs to Coles spot where maybe he can be a better factor for us and sit Coles a little get his hands fixed.

11-15-2004, 04:22 PM	#5
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 46 Posts: 10,164	His arm is not there. For whatever reason he just doesn't have the ability to zip a ball right now. That's what is causing the issues down field...his balls float out of bounds half the time. On intermediate routes he seems to gear up and try adn wing it as hard as he can to compensate which has of course killed his accuracy. He has even been astonishingly bad at short routes too. My guess is this is psychosymatic as he is trying so hard. Also his precipitous drop in mobility ash changed the way mechanics and timing of his throws on the run...I think this is another issue. Refering to my diatribe in a another thread about the WRs: this is where we have a fundamental problem. They get ZERO seperation. Outside of a guy like Vick creating on the run and MAKING seperation for his WRs there is no QB in the league who does well with the performance of our WRs. They have been the least talked about problem but I am betting everyone is going to catch on to their suckiness pretty soon. Important note: I don't think we lack talent at WR...I think we lack health. Coles has been a disaster this year...dropping balls and clearly being one or two steps slower on top of a significant drop in plain ole quickness. His hands are broken so he can't even hang on to 1/4 of the balls that hit him perfectly. Gardner is a possession guy who thrives on having a play-maker like Coles on the other side of the field. He can get body seperation in a one on one situation by using body positioning and size. This tougher to in the middle of the field when the safeties aren't respecting Coles like last year. Jacobs has been a pleasant surprise but he is the third read and rarely has gotten a ton of balls. I'd move Jacobs to Coles spot where maybe he can be a better factor for us and sit Coles a little get his hands fixed.