Question on Wide Receivers

[isufbcurt]

Not a coach but what I would do the following during scout team time:

1. Have the scout team play with 12 defenders (1 extra DB), so the Wr's and the QB's can learn to find holes in the coverage when there is tight windows.

2. Have younger LB's (they are bigger and stronger than CB's) line up as cornerbacks in press coverage on the WR's and the WR's can practice getting off the line when someone bigger and stronger is jamming them. The LB's merely jam the WR and then get out of the way and let the CB pick up the coverage.

3. Have the scout team DB's hold/interfer/get physical with the WR's so the WR's can get used to catching the ball with someone all over them (To many times we don't catch the pass and hope PI gets called, they need to learn to play through the PI and make the catch).

4. Run drills where a coach throws a tennis ball (fast balls) when the WR is running a slant/crossing route and have a scout team guy there with a body pad to light him up as soon as the WR catches the ball.

 

[State43]

Which games would those be?

It's sad I have to do the work for you.
Tulsa: 6 catchs for 40 yards
Iowa: 6 catches for 73 yards and our only touchdown
WIU: 2 catches for 28 yards and 1TD
KSU: 7 catches for 84 yards

He has had a bad couple of games, just S-T-F-U. We would have lost to Iowa had he not caught that only TD we had. And he led all WR's during the KSU game to help keep us in the game. Such a short term memory.



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[swarthmoreCY]

It's sad I have to do the work for you.
Tulsa: 6 catchs for 40 yards
Iowa: 6 catches for 73 yards and our only touchdown
WIU: 2 catches for 28 yards and 1TD
KSU: 7 catches for 84 yards

He has had a bad couple of games, just S-T-F-U. We would have lost to Iowa had he not caught that only TD we had. And he led all WR's during the KSU game to help keep us in the game. Such a short term memory.



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It is sad I have to think for you.
There has not been a single game where Horne "is the only reason we were in the games". First, a single player is rarely the only reason in football, especially an average at best WR. Second, look at those stats. In many of those games he is not even in the leading receiver, Yet he was the only reason? LMAO. In two of those games, ISU won easily. Third, it is a fallacy to think without Horne the offense loses X number of yards and Y TDs. Heck, there are probably several times a game where a QB completes a pass to a WR when going to a different WR would have resulted in a better play.

Next you are going to tell me if West does not play against Baylor, ISU scores 21 less points.

 

[Tre4ISU]

I love Josh Lenz, Aaron Horne, and Jerome Tiller. I am not scared of losing any of them however. I am really starting to see a pattern with this staff. They do not necessarily put the most talent on the field. I still think they greatly overvalue experience. The last skill player who saw time as a freshman was Shontrelle. So, either we concede that talent is just increasing slowly or we concede the staff is overvaluing experience/time. I don't see a reason Bundrage hasn't played more early this year and even last year. I understand wanting that redshirt if they will not significantly contribute but the talent at the skill positions is in the last two classes. That excludes Rb of course where JW and SJ are our best options.

 

[swarthmoreCY]

I love Josh Lenz, Aaron Horne, and Jerome Tiller. I am not scared of losing any of them however. I am really starting to see a pattern with this staff. They do not necessarily put the most talent on the field.

I think you are over-estimating the "talent", or at the very least confusing potential with current ability.
Besides Bundrage, what freshmen player(s) do you have in mind?
If they are equal, you redshirt the underclassman. Bundrage as a true freshman was not good enough to beat out Money, a healthy Lenz, or even Gary, West, or Horne.