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  • October 19, 2015 at 9:48 am #32592
    zn
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    The receivers did not have as many drops in 2014. This suggests that the current slump is not necessarily who the receivers are.

    Total drops 2014, = 20 or 1.25 per game

    Total drops 2015, = 10, or 2 per game, which would be 32 for a season

    My take? Drops going up like this is a result of not being completely in sync with the offense and so not playing with natural confidence. Some guys (Cook) are droppers regardless, but an entire unit going through this is, IMO, a growing pains thing. That doesn’t mean it will end any time soon, but, it’;s worth remembering this is a 2015 thing…it’s not the group of receivers per se.

    October 19, 2015 at 3:41 pm #32601
    rfl
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    I actually think the issue is a symptom of a worse problem: a lousy passing game.

    Every set of receivers drops the ball. Ike and Torry dropped some.

    The thing is, on a team which completes 30+ passes per game, a couple of drops is not noticeable unless one happens on a game-deciding play.

    On our offense, which might go 2 or 3 drives without a completion to a WR, the drops are hugely magnified in significance.

    Now add to that the pressure. Every single pass completion for us is gold. The value of each is way above that on the “normal” NFL team.

    This adds to the pressure on the rcvrs. They KNOW that each chance for a completion is magnified, and so are the nerves. When you have only a few chances to get something done, the pressure on each chance is greater. Unless you have stellar, nervy players, that will cost you. And we have very few rcvrs who have average or better nerves.

    As for being “in synch”?

    Well. It’s a very handy, featureless, substanceless way of politely saying, “they ain’t playin’ well.” To me, that characterization says nothing at all.

    IMO.

    By virtue of the absurd ...

    October 19, 2015 at 8:40 pm #32609
    zn
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    rfl wrote:

    Well. It’s a very handy, featureless, substanceless way of politely saying, “they ain’t playin’ well.” To me, that characterization says nothing at all.

    Not to me. It means something, and I see it in front of me. The last time I said it, in fact, was both the 2014 Vikes game and the early part of 2011 before injuries became the overwhelming issue. The first few games in 2011, they were not in sync. That means not everyone was playing with play-don’t-think energy, the various parts of the offense were not together, the timing and rhythm were not crisp, and players were pressing. I even remember reading statements from both Saffold and Bradford that year about what it meant to play when they were “not comfortable” which is how they put it. Mistakes increase, like drops and really ill-timed penalties, and players try to push themselves to make up for it and therefore increase the level of mistakes.

    Not being in sync is a real thing that just comes from lack of the very real synergy that is a result of playing together.

    Remember from my point of view, since I know I see it when it happens, to me, when you say you don’t see it, I just think, yeah he doesn’t see it.

    To you of course on the other side of the fence, when I do see it you think it’s not really there.

    But…on my side of the fence, if I see it I see it.

    October 19, 2015 at 9:48 pm #32618
    InvaderRam
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    i don’t know. bailey hasn’t dropped the ball much from what i can remember. austin has looked fine. kendricks. i attribute that to the bad thumb which required surgery.

    the main culprits for me have been cook and britt. and quite frankly. i’d be glad if neither of them were on this team next year.

    we’ll see about quick.

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