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Originally Posted by Beemnseven
I see what you're saying, but I wasn't really talking about red zone situations only. Yes, we weren't there often enough to make a good judgement either way. I'm talking about taking deeper shots downfield to the outside receivers (deep-ins, deep-outs, etc.) -- and as I've said before, to the observer watching on TV, it's difficult to see exactly what's happening with the wideouts because they are always out of the shot. I'd be interested to see exactly how many plays were drawn up that specifically targeted Kelly, Thomas, and Moss down the sidelines, 20 yards+, near or outside the numbers.
In the end, I suppose it's hard to make an assessment of the receivers when we're so hell-bent on pretending to be a power running team.
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It's true that we'll never really know how good a job that the young receivers are doing in games where they aren't getting the ball much. I just have to assume that we simply didn't have enough balls to go around on Sunday. The solution seems simple: create more passing attempts, but Zorn seems like the kind of guy who is never going to throw more than 60% of the time no matter how glaring the defense is defending the run.
We should have success running on the Rams. They have pass rushers that we'll have to contend with.