Fencer

If you look at Reiss on positional groupings and offensive skill player usage,

the positional groupings were:

2 WR/2 TE/1 RB – 22 of 66
3 WR/1 TE/1 RB – 21 of 66
1 WR/2 TE/1 FB/1 RB – 13 of 66
2 WR/1 TE/1 FB/1 RB – 7 of 66
3 TE/1 FB/1 RB – 3 of 66


and the WR utilization was:


Wes Welker – 50 of 6
Randy Moss – 44 of 66
Jabar Gaffney – 30 of 66
Sam Aiken – 10 of 66

I.e., Moss did NOT play every available snap, nor close to it.

Was this just a matter of him not playing in the one-WR sets, with that job going to Gaffney or Aiken?

Bertil

With ALL of Cassel's passes being under 15 yards, Moss was not as omnipresent as a downfield threat. The gameplan was obviously to run it down their throat, and when they passed it to look like they were going to run (more with sets and formations than play action), then pass underneath.

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JoeSixPat

I think the Moss stat is mainly because of two things

#1 - Defenses know that the OL can't protect Cassell long enough, often enough to make Moss an every down deep threat. It's clear from the game stats that shorter passes are a better option for Cassell given protection issues alone.

#2 - Having Moss in on every play is a sure way to tire him out as he was by the end of last season (either that or he doesn't run full out every play and he gets criticized for "dogging it")

captadamnj

This was a clear shift to a run oriented attack for much of the nite and the WR usage reflects that.

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I can't say for sure without seeing this broken down by half, but wouldn't it stand to reason that Randy also saw fewer snaps once they were up big?

I'd always expect Welker to be the most utilized, just because he is the go-to outlet receiver, and also seems to be the one with the most on-field rapport with Cassel so far (which I don't think surprises anyone).

I think they used Moss in this game about as well as they have all year, and they didn't really throw deep to him once, the one play I recall they attempted it Cassel got sacked for a big loss (naturally).

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ALP

jabar was in for 30 plays?

what was he doing?

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Stopping short on comeback routes....

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mgteich

Do we need a 3rd TE yet?

Deus Irae

Will he know how to block?

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KontradictioN

Probably not.

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