Don't throw to Ajayi again
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Nothing to do with chemistey, Ajayi is brutal, footwork is terrible. Squares up way too much.
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Disagree. We need to throw to him more. We need to get that chemistry going. That needs to be a threat for this offense. Consider this, when Ajayi gets a run lane he brutalizes the secondary. Not only does he break off long gains, he punishes their CB's and S's. By the end of the game, those guys can't cover anyone after a healthy dose of the J-Train.
But, our OL can't consistently open up those run lanes. Throwing to Ajayi is an option we need in the playbook. It's another way to get Ajayi into the secondary where he's a wrecking ball. The problem is that we haven't practiced it enough, and we look raw doing it. So let's gets some chemistry, practice that stuff, and make the pass-catch part easy. Then we can destroy some speed defenders on the regular.
But, our OL can't consistently open up those run lanes. Throwing to Ajayi is an option we need in the playbook. It's another way to get Ajayi into the secondary where he's a wrecking ball. The problem is that we haven't practiced it enough, and we look raw doing it. So let's gets some chemistry, practice that stuff, and make the pass-catch part easy. Then we can destroy some speed defenders on the regular.
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I don’t think Ajayi has good hands
Throw to Drake, why is he not getting touches?
Your play call adjusts to player's ability. You don't call Landry to do a fly route and you don't have Stills catching 5 yard square in. Ajayi is no Tony Nathan. Yes, it would be great if Ajayi can catch out of back field. But he can't. Play to player's strength, not his weakness.
Same here so i looked up the scouting report from nfl.com
Clyde Christensen was raving about his improved pass catching skills too this year. I think he'll probably get going, just needs to catch a couple to kill the dropsies.
I agree though we need a target out the backfield, reliable TE would be nice too.
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Agreed, but if you watched Ajayi in college he can catch the ball. But as with all QB-receiver relationships, they need repetitions. Those flare out routes are oddly shaped and the QB has to twist his head and shoulders more than most routes, so getting a feel for the RB's timing without vertical yard markers is hard. It takes practice. The difficulty is not really in the hands or the ball placement, but rather in the timing and spacing, which requires reps to get onto the same page.
I can't believe we've missed on Jordan Cameron and Julius Thomas. Need to draft a TE higher than constantly looking for past their prime TE's on the FA market or in a trade. I do like Damien Williams out of the backfield, he went from being a liability under Philbin to a reliable late game spark under Gase.
I wasnt a Williams fan but ive come around to his usefulness. There's at least part of the answer why drake is not seeing the touches. Really seems like Gase favors Williams. Still would be nice if our everydown back could perform at least passable as a receiver.
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Ajayi can definitely catch, some of it is on ball placement. Cutler keeps throwing to his back shoulder forcing him to contort his body. They just need to work on it a bit and get the chemistry going
Well, it could just be me, but I have a feeling if Cutler did not throw fast balls at his back, maybe Ajayi could actually catch them.
Ajayi is not known for his pass catching, but throw a ball in front leading him, allow him to get his hands on the ball, and Ajayi could actually take a reception for some yards after the catch.