(12-03-2018, 11:40 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(12-03-2018, 11:29 AM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote: Is it time to scrutinize our WRs coach Keenan McCardell or does he get a fan favorite pass?  

Our WRs don't get any separation and the TV analyst noted several times that our WRs don't run precise routes nor do they run the stop and go routes with any intensity.

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. 
Obviously - plenty of this falls on the QBs -  but excluding general inaccuracy - there have been countless passes down the sideline or in the redzone where the receiver and QB seemed to be expecting the ball to be delivered differently. 
They just seem to be winging it out there when it's obvious that better offenses have contingencies for passes to be delivered more back-shoulder/over the shoulder/high/low etc dependant upon the defender's positioning. 
I know this stuff is largely reserved for the top tier QBs - but it seems like a completely unbroached topic for our receiving corps and QBs.

I completely agree. This has been missing for some time. They have OTAs, training camp, pre season, 16 weeks of game and practice. They should have that precision from working together so much but as you say often the WR has to make a split second reaction to where the ball is actually going. Hurns used to be great with those. Sadly that comes down to Blake and his inability to throw accurately and consistently. 

I was watching a Packers game the other week and i know Rodgers isn't fair to use in an example, but he had Adams run a deep route and cutback at the end. Rodgers throws the ball and Adams takes 4 more steps forwards, turns around and the balls there. When you have that level of ability and ability to read the game makes it so much easier for WR's. When they know that the ball is going to be in a place where they can make a play, there not going to get killed by a LB lying in wait. 

Hurns and ARob would make some tough catches bailing out Bortles passes.

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