Question about Pass-Play Selection

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Originally Posted by #56fanatic

Jacobs does have good speed, but he does not run very good routes, as a #2 should. I get muscled at the line of scrimmage and get off the ball. Cooley is very good at finding the open spots on the field, which alot of teams have reported. Cooley just has that "knack" of finding space. Since Jacobs does not require to have a safety help, that leaves him one on one most of the time and Moss doubled or triple covered. This is why we run those screens to him because he is a playmaker and we have to find ways to get him the ball if we can't get him open down field. When patten played, his stats might not have been so good, but because of his reputation as a good route runner and a guy with good speed they could not just leave him one on one with alot of corners, which enabled moss to find open spots as well as being able to get behind corners and safeties. Until we can find someone that demands more attention with coverage out pass selections will be more geared to the shorter routes with moss and cooley. I did like seeing Portis in motion and catching more balls out of the backfield and 10 to 15 years down field. They may be mixing more of the plays in to try and help Moss get some breathing room down field. Cooley and Royal will be used more for the release plays and short crossing patters across the middle. Once we establish this as plays that need the attention of the defense, Moss will find open spaces across the middle and will open up the double moves for the posts and fly patterns.

Cooley definitely does have that knack of finding the spot and settling down or just running the route to the open spot. Frustrating with Jacobs not being more productive, but glad he is getting his chance so we won't hold him again next year for zero contribution 3 years now, this will eliminate the 4th year. Royal has rebounded well and a good outlet since that SD game, had to be a fluke, I never remember him dropping that many balls. Anyway you look at it we are doing alright with what we have and using the playmakers to get it done.