(12-03-2018, 01:37 PM)JAGFAN88 Wrote:

(12-03-2018, 11:40 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: There is way too little attention to detail in the route running  - and of course leading the league in drops by a healthy margin is pitiful as well. 

He deserves some scrutiny. 

My key issue is that receivers and QBs rarely seem to be on the same page about where the ball is supposed to be placed in relation to the defender and/or boundary, hash etc. 
In other words - dependant upon the defender's technique - these guys should have a plan on where the ball is going in relation to the defender and they don't seem to ever get it right. ...

Could this be the fault of the Defense in practice. Either our Defense is so good that they dont get to be able to complete many of their passes in practice. Or is the Defense told to back off slightly to give them confidence which can also mess with the timing on some routes and how to run them?

I think it's more about lack of talent/consistency from the passers and the route runners than the guys defending them in practice.  It also falls on the coaching , hence the post in this thread. 

This stuff can be drilled with the defenders in practice being instructed which techniques to employ - giving the passer and receivers opportunity to essentially rehearse various ball placements. 

Just my opinions and hunches here. Seems like a lacking area of focus to me. Maybe it's just a pipe dream to think teams w/o elite QBs even really bother with this stuff. I certainly don't know if it's commonly coached or not.

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