Are the recievers getting open

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by cpayne5

We've got the possession receiver that we need. He wears #47.

As for the small receivers not being big targets, Santana Moss plays the deep ball better than many many (most?) larger receivers.

I don't think a thing needs to be changed with the receivers. Just let them gel with 17. Continuity is key.

I agree here. As much as I would like to see a 6'4 WR I think a full offseason with the same group would help out a ton. Moss and JC are just not on the same page.

[AlvinWalton'sNeckBrace]

Well, for one thing, there seemed to be a lot of drops. Part of this is because Campbell throws the ball about 100 miles an hour...seriously, I think he would break my hand if I tried to catch one of his passes.

[wilsowilso]

This is a very very very important thread. I don't really have any answers to the question, but I have seen this type of game many times before. Why was the deep ball or vertical passing game completely shut down???? I mean why was it figured out completely and our Recievers might as well have been a couple of little bitches. The O was gameplanned for draft picks in the second half and overtime today.

[The Huddle]

It's going to take a while. Campbell looks promising, but we knew when the team drafted him that he was going to be a fairly raw project. No one thought he was going to walk in and start lighting it up right away. Six starts isn't nearly enough time to start saying there's a problem with with the recievers. I mean, it's fairly obvious that Bryant is a bust (IMO), but beyond that Campbell needs time to generate some chemestry with Cooley, Moss, etc.

[steveo395]

Originally Posted by The Huddle

It's going to take a while. Campbell looks promising, but we knew when the team drafted him that he was going to be a fairly raw project. No one thought he was going to walk in and start lighting it up right away. Six starts isn't nearly enough time to start saying there's a problem with with the recievers. I mean, it's fairly obvious that Bryant is a bust (IMO), but beyond that Campbell needs time to generate some chemestry with Cooley, Moss, etc.

who is bryant

[wilsowilso]

If our recievers got in a fight with my 15 pound dog today those high paid punks would lose. What an awful joke they were today? Bad bad badbad bad and bad.

[The Huddle]

I meant Lloyd, sorry, fingers got ahead of me.

[Redskin]

Its not that our recievers are not getting open, Campbell is making a lot of bad passes were he tries to throw of his back foot, rushing the throw when he has tons of time, or he commits himself to one reciever and doesent look at others that could be open. All Rookie mistakes that time will mend

[redsk1]

In order for us to become a good offensive team we are going to have to get the ball in our playmakers hands. We have great WR's. Let's not overthink this. JC is young and is learning but is having a hard time getting the ball out to the WR's consistently. We have turned the corner in regards to running the ball now we've got to improve in the explosive play of our WR's.

IMO, it's not that their not open.

[freddyg12]

Before we blame the recievers, let's remember that JC is developing on the job. I recall reading that he still throws too late on many routes, waits for recievers to get open & then throws, rather than throwing in their break they way the play is designed. Sometimes recievers are only open for a short window before the play breaks down. That said, our wr's don't seem to do a good job of coming back to the ball when the route is over. I would've expected ARE to get more short passes coming back for the ball.
Unless Loyd shows great improvement next year, I don't see him as being a dependable wr. He'll make a big catch now & then, but doesn't seem to be in tune w/the O most of the time.

[firstdown]

Their size is not the problem its the fact that the coaches pulled Brunell just when he was starting to hit his WR's for a QB with no experence.

[riggoraider]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Their size is not the problem its the fact that the coaches pulled Brunell just when he was starting to hit his WR's for a QB with no experence.

Please take a look at successful passing team receiver mix a bigger receiver is a definite need. I think that pulling Brunell was a mistake also. Some people are riding high on Campbell and knocking Brunell when Brunell was actually having a better season that Campbell is producing for us, which proves to me that beauty IS in the eye of the beholder.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by riggoraider

Please take a look at successful passing team receiver mix a bigger receiver is a definite need. I think that pulling Brunell was a mistake also. Some people are riding high on Campbell and knocking Brunell when Brunell was actually having a better season that Campbell is producing for us, which proves to me that beauty IS in the eye of the beholder.

I was joking about Brunell and he may have been pulled a game or two too early but this is very god experence that JC needs. Its better that he makes the mistakes now when they do not count as much then having him making them next season. Yes he will still have alot to learn next year but every snap this year helps him become a better QB next year. I would say Cooley is our big WR and can be that large target for JC and that is not one of our problems right now. I was trying to watch this week to see if JC was missing open WR's but its hard to tell on TV. I have seen a few he has missed but that is another reason why these games are so important for him to learn. It also gives the coaches film for them to review with him pointing out stuff he missed or thing he could have done better.

[riggoraider]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I was joking about Brunell and he may have been pulled a game or two too early but this is very god experence that JC needs. Its better that he makes the mistakes now when they do not count as much then having him making them next season. Yes he will still have alot to learn next year but every snap this year helps him become a better QB next year. I would say Cooley is our big WR and can be that large target for JC and that is not one of our problems right now. I was trying to watch this week to see if JC was missing open WR's but its hard to tell on TV. I have seen a few he has missed but that is another reason why these games are so important for him to learn. It also gives the coaches film for them to review with him pointing out stuff he missed or thing he could have done better.

Being that JC is going to be our QB of the future I really hope that he is just going through growing pains but right now he is reminding me of Andre Ware. I agree that the move to Campbell was a move for the future but it should of been made when we were eliminated from all playoff hopes. The NFC had some awful records this year and with Brunell I think that we would have had more wins than with Campbell and maybe would have made the playoffs because of the improved line play late in the season.

And oh by the way Cooley is not a WR