Originally posted by gamechanger:
All this throwing receivers open is crap. Most of the highlights and great plays are of WRs making spectacular catches in the endzone or them just flat out burn'n their defenders and making people miss. So far our WRs haven't shown the ability to take the ball away from defenders or burning them. I'm sure Edwards can do it but the rest of the guys need to show that they can too. Go to NFL.com and if you don't see WRs making some great catches on some poorly placed balls then feel free to tell me I'm wrong.
THIS. Our receivers have yet to show consistent effort to try to make plays when the ball isn't absolutely perfect. Ginn, this year, for the first time I've seen is actually doing this. We know Braylon can. Vernon occasionally. But our others? Not really. That's what separates OK receivers from good ones. The good ones will find ways to make great plays.
How often do you hear, "GREAT ADJUSTMENT BY ________ AND WHAT A CATCH!!" ... Naysayers will pin this all on our QB, as if they're the ones making the receivers give no effort to catch what, to other good WRs, are still catchable balls.
If guys can be making plays with Cody Pickett (remember the Brandon Lloyd catch?), Rex Grossman, rookie Andy Dalton (see A.J. Green catch), etc. -- then they can make those plays with just about any QB. The point is, we've lacked receivers that can make big plays like that for a long time. Keep focus on that point. I know it's tempting to go off talking about QB play, etc. .. but let's leave that alone. We're just talking about receivers. Receivers that can make plays off anyone, whether it's a UDFA QB or an elite QB.
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