Originally posted by Joecool:
Originally posted by Mr.Mcgibblets:
Originally posted by Joecool:
Exactly. Delanie looked as if he expected an easy catch due to the history of Alex throwing that route since last year. Our WR's don't normally get a ball their way unless they are NFL wide open. The thrower is known for avoiding the tight pass if he can. It's a two-way street. If the receivers see that they are getting the ball more often with defenders on their back, then they will always have an instinct that the QB will throw it even if I'm covered and I better get at this s**t and catch it.
So now we should shed a tear for the receivers that expect a perfect ball and don't bother to try hard for the ones that are not perfect. Oooookay then.
Is there any doubt that if we were talking about some other QB... any other QB... that our complaints would be valid only then.
You are getting carried away. It is natural to get into certain patterns of behavior. The pattern these receivers are accustomed to is they will get the ball when they are wide open be it from play design or QB option.
The WR's mentioned this when Troy Smith was starting. They said we always need to be ready because Troy will throw it when we don't think we are open. It developed a mentality in their mind that this mofo may try a crazy ass pass so the first thing they better be ready to do is box out or be ready for a defender nearby.
Getting accommodated to patterns a natural behavior.
See, you are always accusing people of making excuses for our QB. But you choose to go so far out of your way to make excuses against our QB.
Ask any coach, and he will say that if a pro receiver has an opportunity to catch a pass his way, you do your best to do just that.
.. and you want us to get into the mind of Walker and excuse him because he's not used to making tough catches with this particular QB? C'mon, joe... that's pretty weak.