04-22-2023, 12:57 AM
(04-21-2023, 11:53 PM)OSUfan Wrote: So the only point at which a receiver beats a defender is if they have been able to obtain separation on a route? Is this your premise? So when a QB puts a 50/50 ball up to the receiver and the receiver uses his body to shield the defender and/or high points the ball to make the contested catch are not wins for the receiver?
If the receiver is running the same route 80% of the time and it is still successful then I would have them running it 90% of the time especially when it results in chunk plays such as this. So how is it if he plays slow that he continues to be successful in these straight line routes? So I guess I can be safe in assuming that finding the soft spot in the zone and making yourself available to the QB is not winning under your criteria as well which is something that Washington as well did for the Bulldog offense.
Getting 50/50 balls is outstanding. But if you don't understand separation from a defender during a pass route then we might as well stop the discussion.
Slipping off of a block is not running a route. A vertical is not a route nor is it understanding zone soft spots. He has a zero route tree, he runs like Frankenstein in space. You are making statements with what you project him to be. He hasn't shown it. And everything he has done in college will be more difficult in the NFL. If Washington could do everything that you say he can in his rookie year the kid would be long gone before 28.
