01-04-2025, 04:49 PM
(01-04-2025, 04:34 PM)FormerlyBengalRugby Wrote: Hopefully a pro off season will help screw his head on straight and make him an asset for the team. I wouldn't mind if he just concentrated on a route or two and specialized in those next season, like Chris Henry was on the deep ball. Give the defense something else to think about, and making them pay if they do not honor the threat.
I had high hopes for the kid, but I also had them for Charlie Jones being a threat on offense...
The problem with him taking a small handful of routes and specializing in those is that this is something almost certainly dictated by the coaches, not Burton. Sure, if Walters tells Burton "hey, we want you to become a perfectionist on running stalks, posts, post-corners etc." then I am all for it. I imagine they want more versatility out of him, though, and that would necessitate him becoming more comfortable with a wider variety of routes. I'm also going to speculate that Burton's problems aren't really on the field. I don't know what's been disproven or not at this point, but if he is really falling asleep in team meetings, being called out for maturity issues and all this jazz, he isn't going to have the focus to spend all that time working on the finer details of running a specific route.
There's always a chance that he turns it around but there has been a lot of smoke around this rookie and that normally spells trouble for their future. Here's hoping he works through it but I am highly skeptical he returns any value right now.
