10-12-2017, 11:18 PM
(10-12-2017, 08:00 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I honestly have no idea. Here's speculation:
IF I had to guess, based on just seeing him run reverses and getting yanked after a fumble...I'd think that he's having trouble learning the playbook and knowing where to be. Marvin's vague comment at the start of the thread about him needing a lot of practice time could be telling.
It could be other things too. Maybe he's not adjusting to NFL life well. Maybe he's missing easy passes. Maybe it's nerves. It's hard to say.
I really have no clue...but him getting yanked after his fumble and them relying on Erickson was strange. Then he gets injured right after that so he can't play??? Seems like they wanted to take him out of action for whatever reason.
Then again...maybe it's just the injuries although there was a report that he was sore and nothing structurally wrong.
So you think he's another Jerome Simpson? Remember how Lap said Simpson basically had no clue what he was doing? He was basically useless for 1.5 years because he couldn't run routes properly and maybe didn't even know the playbook.
I sure hope that's not the issue, but it does seem fishy that he's been used mostly on reverses. He was praised for his route running in college, so I doubt it's that, but the size of the playbook could be a problem for him.
Or if could be a myriad of other things. Maybe falling asleep in meetings. Who knows? We could be overreacting.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.