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The elephant in the room -- ARob's struggles

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<div>I think the difference is that opposing coaches are planning for ARob and Bortles now (lets face it, it would be a surprise if they weren't) and the main difference seems to be that they've noticed how effective the pair of them were with deep balls last season and they're trying to take that out.
 
If's not ARob suddenly losing his ability to find space and catch a ball or Bortles forgetting to throw it to ARob, it's tactical and we must find a way around it.
 
That might involve using Lee, Hurns and Thomas more, to force them to drop off ARob. Maybe it involves more intermediate throws to ARob. But perhaps most crucially it has to involve running game - and Ivory has to play a big part in that.
 
If Gus and the coaching team can figure this out, then they've done their job and our offense looks good.
 

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I agree it's tactical. By "struggling," I didn't mean to suggest that ARob wasn't executing. Granted he did have a drop, but I just meant he was struggling to put up his normal stats.


 

Oley said that teams are often keeping a S over the top, and that this is forcing him to move ARob to other WR positions in an attempt to get him open. Bortles mentioned that ARob needs to get one-on-one in order to throw it to him, and that they're working on how to do that. But all of this suggests to me that they don't want to throw ARob's direction if they see a double team. That's the part that gets me. Again, Jimmy Smith practically never saw a down without being doubled. They can't let a mere double team take him out as an option. If ARob is truly the elite player we believe him to be, and not merely a borderline top 10 WR, then ARob will make those plays double team or not.


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The elephant in the room -- ARob's struggles - by Jags02 - 09-23-2016, 11:28 AM



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