(09-25-2020, 05:50 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Chris Conley was dropping throws all game. Why was he out there anyway? He's certainly not a deep threat and never has been during his career. It completely baffled my mind why he was playing over Westbrook. Chark is our downfield threat and with him out, Westbrook is clearly the second best guy on the roster to fill this particular role. It should've been Westbrook, Cole and Shenault out there for most of the game.

I agree man. Why did they leave him out there? What a bum. He personally killed at LEAST 3 drives without a doubt. He dropped a roughly 30 yard gain that hit him straight in the chest too. Before that he definitely dropped another first down catch where he actually had it for a second then looked up for defenders before having it secured and dropped it. Then he had the OPI, which TBH I thought was a baloney call. He got pressed, slapped the guys arm away by getting him on the upper arm/shoulder area and he fell over. That's not really Conleys fault but it still killed the drive.


Guy was aggrevating as hell to watch last night though. The INT was his fault too. It was a back shoulder throw and he just kept running. Didn't even try to make the DB drop the ball nor even fought for it really.

I don't remember him having the drops that bad ever before but either way Westbrook is clearly the more talented WR so why isn't he out there instead? Maybe they'll make an adjustment to the wr lineup after that horrific display. We can only hope. 
One thing is absolutely clear now. Chark is the key to the WR core. There's no way he would've dropped any of those balls Conley dropped, which would've kept drives going and possibly even stopped them from blitzing so often. 
Chark also gets open better than Conley and I'm sure that would've made a huge difference in the game flow as well. Caldwell needs to lock Chark up with a contract soon, that much is clear.

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