(09-28-2023, 06:52 PM)carp8dm Wrote:

(09-27-2023, 08:47 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Meh

When Ronald Acuna Jr has a little slump - you don't move him to the back of the order.

Same with Ridley. 

If you want to call a handful more plays designed to target Kirk or Engram as the primary - that's cool - but Ridley stays in and he gets a fair shake of targets until he starts hitting home runs again. He will. He's really good. 
Overreaction doesn't fix [BLEEP]

But did Acuna get outcast for 12 months?  Ridley has been outcast for an entire year.  Dude needs to get back up to speed.  Did you see how he was holding his back after that drop in the 1st Quarter?  Dude isn't in true NFL shape.  Dude isn't in true NFL mentality.  Dude isn't in true NFL tolerance.

Ridley clearly needs to get eased back into the game...  He's trying to go 110 mph, which is cool.  But the problem is that he's pushing so hard that he's failing.  And then he's clearly getting into his own head.  Let him ease into the offense.  

Kirk and Engram have plenty of talent to hold down the passing game.  Let Ridley run open on the outside.  Why pay for a deep route threat and then just play him at 10 to 15 yard out routes?  As a manager, you need to put your people in the best position that they are comfortable in.  Let Ridley run for a while.  

And then that get's me back to why we aren't using Engram and Kirk like we did last year...  But that's a topic we've already discussed.

A
You can't just send guys deep with no protection for your quarterback - three of our O-linemen are averaging in the 40's in PFF protection grades- catch up to reality

B 
You have zero [BLEEP] clue what you're watching if you can't figure out Kirk and Engram are still being use the same way  - Kirk had one week with low snap numbers - otherwise exactly the same - and Engram is tied for third among TEs in targets - again they won't be as deep because no pass pro - think about it for more than 2 emotional seconds dude.

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