Quote:After the opener in St. Louis, it looked like you made a tremendous selection to your FF roster. The Adrian Peterson situation was the # 1 factor in why C. Patterson's impact was much less than expected on Offense in 2014, But unless he becomes detailed oriented enough for Mike Zimmer, Norv Turner, and co., his future in Minnesota is in jeopardy. Zimmer is a no non-sense type of coach. Turner's Offense is based greatly on precision.

If Norv Turner and Zimmer are content in letting Patterson waist away then it's just bad coaching. I understand that maybe Patterson isn't where they want him to be as a route runner. At the same time however, Norv Turner for as great as he's been as an OC historically, has to find unique ways to get a guy of Patterson's talent the ball. If he doesn't do that and Patterson never takes that next step, its partially on the staff IMO.


I feel like the same thing is happening to Tavon Austin in St. Louis. Some guys are never going to be elite route runners but that doesn't mean they can't be elite WR's. You play to their strengths early and hope they develop the other parts of their game. If they don't at least you maximized their potential instead of trying to make them something they were never going to be in the first place and only getting marginal results.

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