JTech194
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There seems to be this definitive idea that Landry CAN'T do certain things because he HASN'T done certain things here and I' not sure that's Fair.
Everyone assumes that Landry is a finished product because of what we've seen him do in his four years here.
But I look at things a little differently and I'm of the opinion that we've yet to see Landry's full potential because of the lack of talent on the offensive side of the ball.
Why do they ask Landry to run so many bubble screens? Well for one, because he's the best player we have at making people miss which is a skill in high demand here because our other receivers can't hold a block to save their lives. Landry usually has to make 1-2 defenders miss just to gain 2-3 yards.
Also, those bubble screens are an extension of the running game which is a necessity because....
Our Oline is not good a run blocking. This lack of production from the running game causes Gase to try and manufacture yards in other ways. Throwing the ball downfield isn't an efficient or sustainable way to move the ball consistently therefore you have to incorporate more short passes.
Also, the Oline is not very good at holding blocks either therefore throwing the ball downfield with any consistency has not really been an option. Especially to a WR like Landry who may need an extra second to get down there.
Lack of a quality TE. Because our TE play has been horrible, there's we don't have anyone else that can run those underneath routes freeing up Landry to run more intermediate to deep routes. I'm not saying he'd be the main deep threat but there's no reason why he can't run a deep route or two every game off of play action or double moves.
So the question the Front office has to answer is this.....
IF we get a better TE and Better Oline.. how good can Landry be? What's his ceiling if the talent level around him was better? I hope we get to see that answer here as opposed to him going somewhere else and showing us..
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Everyone assumes that Landry is a finished product because of what we've seen him do in his four years here.
But I look at things a little differently and I'm of the opinion that we've yet to see Landry's full potential because of the lack of talent on the offensive side of the ball.
Why do they ask Landry to run so many bubble screens? Well for one, because he's the best player we have at making people miss which is a skill in high demand here because our other receivers can't hold a block to save their lives. Landry usually has to make 1-2 defenders miss just to gain 2-3 yards.
Also, those bubble screens are an extension of the running game which is a necessity because....
Our Oline is not good a run blocking. This lack of production from the running game causes Gase to try and manufacture yards in other ways. Throwing the ball downfield isn't an efficient or sustainable way to move the ball consistently therefore you have to incorporate more short passes.
Also, the Oline is not very good at holding blocks either therefore throwing the ball downfield with any consistency has not really been an option. Especially to a WR like Landry who may need an extra second to get down there.
Lack of a quality TE. Because our TE play has been horrible, there's we don't have anyone else that can run those underneath routes freeing up Landry to run more intermediate to deep routes. I'm not saying he'd be the main deep threat but there's no reason why he can't run a deep route or two every game off of play action or double moves.
So the question the Front office has to answer is this.....
IF we get a better TE and Better Oline.. how good can Landry be? What's his ceiling if the talent level around him was better? I hope we get to see that answer here as opposed to him going somewhere else and showing us..
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