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MoLewisrocks said:Don't we run a sight adjusted offense? Pre and post snap. That means they not only need to know all the plays, and run precise routes, and develop the requisite timing, they need to know how to read defenses and how to react and adjust their routes to them according to both pre and post snap reads. Otherwise their QB is throwing to a spot where someone should have been open if they made the proper adjustment.
I imagine we could dumb down this passing offense after four years of refining it on the way to 2 more superbowls if the fanbase is impatient or because NEM is unhappy. But if we believe the guys who have been brought in are capable of progressing that would he a pretty shortsighted strategy since the existing system maximizes our QB's cerebral skill set. Unfortunately there is a steeper learning curve involved in integrating a new WR into this system, and we are trying to integrate 4 all at once. That process will be incremental based on their grasp of a complex offense with all it's nuances, and as always their health and availability.
"But if we believe the guys who have been brought in are capable of progressing ..."
This is where the risk emerges. I am not yet confident that, based on their unimpressive track record in less complicated offenses, Caldwell and Gabriel are capable of ever fully grasping, much less mastering, this more complicated offense. Say what you will about Givens and Meion, but at least they understood their responsibilities (Givens just couldn't hold onto the football in '02). It certainly helped that Troy Brown and David Patten were already here.
I fear that, for the pats to be offensively where they want to be, Chad Jackson and someone else will be their #1 and #2 WRs. Doug Gabriel may not ever be as good as some believe he already is. A fifth-round pick is not a steal; it's the maximum I would have given to Oakland.
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