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(08-23-2020, 12:04 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Burrow just needs to know Greens speed. AJ knows the playbook and the routes, I guarantee that. My point though, is not that practice is not important, it is that the other guys need the reps more, and Taylor is not wanting to expose AJ to risk prior to the season and lose him again on some freak incident.

The route the receiver runs on a given play is often dictated by what the defense shows.  Seeing it the same on film is not the same as seeing it the same when you're lined up on the field.  Particularly with a rookie QB he has no experience with, AJ needs to be out there.  If he zigs when Burrow expects him to zag, that ball can very well be coming back the other way.