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Will Deon Dyer be forgotten??

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you just summed up why we should be optimistic, norv turner is best strategist in league, and he has a reasonable amount of tools to play with......nice write up and i found myself nodding throughout
 
I've never understood the term improved pass catching skills. First I never saw Dyer drop a pass. Second how hard can it be to catch a pass from some throwing it to you from 5-10 yds away. My daughter and I play catch all the time she doesn't drop much. Is it because the Helmet and uniform make it hard to catch a ball? That's why I don't understand the trouble with concern over Perry and anyone else there is a concern about catching the ball.
 
Can your daughter catch the ball while she is at a full-out sprint? Or how about when she has a 250 lb black guy running full speed at her, with the full intent to smash her into the ground? I dunno if you've played football or not, but those 2 things can sometimes make it hard to catch the ball. The helmet isn't too much of a problem after you get used to it. It is a little different at first, but it feels like a part of your body after you get into the game. The pads cause the most problems, at least for me. Most people try to catch the ball on the numbers, right in the middle of the chest. When playing catch or flag football, the ball lands in your chest when you catch. With the pads, its that layer of plastic that kind of throws you off. With me, the ball would hit my chest sooner than i was used to, so I wouldn't catch it soon enough. I dunno if anyone has this problem though. I hope this helped with your question......
 
Marion, It helps a little. The pads clarifies things some and gives a little more perspective but I still don't understand the term (cant catch, bad hands etc.). An over the shoulder pass at full speed is easy. Catching the ball with someone comming at you also isn't a problem for me. The only thing I can think of that causes me problems and make catching a football very difficult is some interference like bumping which isn't legal but I think it happens. Mixon caught a ball does that mean he has good hands. Jed Weaver caught a ball against the Pats and got hit and fumbled it but he can still catch. Same with Lamar Smith. James McKnight lost concentration on a pass and got it intercepted but that doesn't mean he can't catch or has "bad hands." I guess the point I'm trying to make is Fiedler shouldn't hesitate to throw the ball to Ed Perry, Deon Dyer, McKnight, or McDaniel because they can catch. I don't know if anyone has seen anyone who cant catch, but they normally hold their hands out real stiff and look away just as the ball is comming. I haven't seen anyone on the team do that.
 
About Dyer, yes he is a great blocker but he isn't the league's best. If he was, he would have been starting a LONG time ago, you just don't put the best blocking FB in the league on the bench. I have read (it was this offseason, I never really paid attention in the regular season) that he is a great head on blocker but, he has a hard time blocking someone from the side when he isn't going head on into them. That could cause some problems since it is hard for him to change directions.
 
Originally posted by breckenridge55
About Dyer, yes he is a great blocker but he isn't the league's best. If he was, he would have been starting a LONG time ago, you just don't put the best blocking FB in the league on the bench.
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You do when Rob Konrad is a more complete fullback.
 
Deon Dyer will not be forgotten! He was forgotten last year as a receiver only because he broke his hand in the preseason. That won't be the case this season. Konrad will be the #1 option at FB though, because he is the better blocker downfield, and he is the better receiver and a taller target than Dyer. Dyer will get his shots though on short yardage situations. I think he'll make the most of them.
 
Sherif - the other piece of catching the football is running good crisp sound routes. For example an out pattern - the receiver is suppose to run say 7 yards down the field and turn straight to the side line and this is what the QB is expecting. But some receivers run 7 1/2 and turn or run 7 yds and rounds the turn. The QB will throw the ball to a point before the receiver turns and by rounding or running the improper yardage this creates a gap and allows the defender to break up the pass or worse intercept it. Hope this makes sense and helps.
 
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