It sounds like it was the plan to rotate but then drive 1 went so well that they let Mekari and Faalele go back out. Drive 2 also went well and they said fuck the rotation. I still have long term concerns about both of those guys but it’s hard to argue it wasn’t the right choice for this game with how they played.
Even if I throw away this game and take his first 2 games and say he will average that over the season (so basically multiply his production by 8) you get 48 catches and 520 yards. That is half of what it should be.
I agree, he doesn’t look as fast and he looks a lot broader than last year
I dnt remember hamilton looking bad tbh.. maybe in practice according to news.. i dnt think wiggins look bad at all outside the penalties. You can see the confidence there, just gotta get a little bit more experience imo..
I dnt think likely is clearly the better player. Andrews is still nice.. i think its either our oc that cant get them both involved or its just hard for lamar to target both while getting pressured. Andrews is also getting doubled alot
I dnt mind bateman and hill having more targets. Bateman needs to get involved because he clearly can get open..Hill makes plays in space which is needed cause our oline isnt that good right now. I dnt mind monken but i just think with a better OC, our offense could look much much better
Does anyone else watch Bateman and feel like he brings his feet off the ground too often? I get sometimes he has too to grab a poorly placed Lamar ball, but I swear he is always looking to nearly cannon ball when the ball comes his way.
I think that's fair but tbh I was way more excited about that class than this one which I've been lukewarm on the whole time
A lot of the Wiggins hate so far is coming from him giving up slants… on plays where he was assigned outside leverage and he had inside help, and on one of those 2 slants he came in and forced a fumble right after the completion.
I don't think people are turning on him. He had a rough game though beyond the slants. Hopefully nothing more than a learning experience.
He has 8 catches on 13 targets including being responsible for that INT, and that is concerningly better than he has done the past 2 years. Andrews has 6 catches on 8 targets and lets remember one of those two non catches was the poor overthrow which was his only target of the week. For context Likely is holding the same catch % as Andrews on 12 catches on 16 targets and they are holding similar Y/C. That basically tells me that the top 3 weapons are Flowers, Andrews, and Likely. Flowers because if you can get the ball in his hands he can break one open at any time and Andrews/Likely because they are the high % receiving threats who can just get you a first down on every catch.
Also had a blatant PI and hold, and bit really hard on a curl. Not saying it was all bad but the tape was far more unkind than kind to him.