WR homer thread

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(11-30-2015, 11:37 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Yes, Pig Ben threw for 456 yards, but he still averaged 8.6 ypa despite a lot of deep passes.  Dalton averaged 8.6.  The steelers only ran the ball 14 times the entire game, with 55 pass attempts.  No wonder fatty got knocked around.  No balance at all.  Oh, this is funny.  5 of those rushes were piggy's.  Only 9 rushing attempts the entire game.

I don't see their offensive weapons at WR as better, but they sure got a lot more opportunities.  

To be honest, I think our real advantage lies in the receiving options outside our three WRs (AJ, Marvin, and Sanu):

Tyler Eifert
Ryan Hewitt
Gio Bernard
Rex Burkhead

I said before the season that if Rex was a Patriot, he would have 50+ receptions.  He is very shifty in close quarters.  I was really hoping he would force defenses to worry more about him in the middle.  He comes in for one or two plays, but is lined up out wide.  

I would love to see him spell Sanu in the slot for a series or two.  If he gets going before the playoffs, that is just  one more thing opposing defenses have to worry about.

I'd like to see them let Burkhead run the ball more.   The guy is strong, has great acceleration and lateral movement - and he's not afraid to get his pads low and hit the line if there  is no hole.

That would open him up for receptions.   When Hugh puts him in (except in garbage time) he is always in there as a receiver.  If you make him less predictable he'll have a bigger impact.  I wish they'd put him and McCarron in for more snaps yesterday.  We had the game wrapped up and it would have been good for them.

Hopefully we'll have another opportunity in Cleveland.  Let Hill's ankle heal and give Burkhead some snaps.