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(10-21-2024, 01:28 PM)coachmcneil71 Wrote: I always liked TB and at that price it seems a no-brainer, but he's not exactly putting up numbers. Is being used more as an outlet/safety blanket thus far in Tenn.

We have several talented options at WR 3, but JB always looks to Chase and Tee first. By the time he comes off of each of them, he's usually out of time to make a good throw to any of the others. It's a product of getting killed for 3 years straight, while in the pocket. 

Guys like PM and Brady seem to always have the time to sit back, pat the ball, and wait for a third option to get open. Burrow hasn't had that option. JB makes good reads most of the time and gets rid of it. He has to. Ts, that mindset doesn't allow for many 3rd or 4th option reads. 

We have some dudes, Coaching staff just has to do their job by developing them and SCHEMING some of them open. You know, the shit that Andy Reid does year after year, game after game with Jimmy's and Joes.

Running Burton or Yoshi on the 9 and tossing one up to them once a half is not scheming our third options open. It's a crap shoot play with minimal odds. 

Will Levis =/= Joe Burrow

Levis is averaging under 140 yards passing per game. The Titan's receiving yard leader is on pace for 518.5 receiving yards in 17 games. NOBODY is there is putting up numbers. Lol

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Burrow was certainly not always looking to Chase when he was trying to force feed Irwin Week 2 to give him the most targets of any of our WRs that week, or Tee when Yoshi tied for team lead in targets for Week 3. The options at WR3 just aren't as talented as some hoped.

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Burrow has a 2.72 time to throw this year.

That's compared to 2.54 in 2023, 2.55 in 2022, 2.69 in 2021, and 2.65 in 2020. He's had the most time in his career this year.

Tom Brady's last 2 Super Bowls he had 2.57, and 2.64 time to throw. Not exactly sitting back and patting the ball if Burrow with more time is so lacking it.