(03-14-2024, 10:52 AM)cland Wrote:

(03-14-2024, 09:07 AM)TheDogCatcher Wrote: It's a blessing in disguise. Ridley was the most talented receiver, but Trevor locked onto him too much. Now without a true #1, Trevor will go through his reads and find the open man. Kirk, Engram, Davis, and Jones are all weapons. Davis is still ascending and could flourish.  

I've seen the bolded statement from a couple of posters, and it makes NO sense.  What you're saying is that Trevor can't have a good receiver, because otherwise he won't read the field and will pass to a covered WR.  The decision to target and throw a pass is the QBs alone.  Now giving the QB more time with a quality Oline is legitimate, blaming a bad throw because the WR is the "most talented" just leads to having an offense with no quality weapons.

I've seen lots of folks expressing some version or perspective on this stuff. 

The things that I saw contributing to these "notions" were:

• They had to figure out how to use Ridley at the X position when he is really a Z receiver
  
• That required some adjustments and they called his number from the press box often in a few different games ostensibly to find what works - where to adjust
  
• That gave the impression of Lawrence "forcing" him the ball IMO
  
• Pederson has long shown a readiness to pick on lopsided matchups -  and in games where they thought Ridley had his guy - they would again call his number readily 
  

I don't think there was actually some undercurrent of forcing him the ball from TL or from the press box. Just an offense trying to figure out the best way to utilize its receiving talent while dealing with piss poor protection up front.

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