Bretsky
09-11-2006, 06:55 PM
Just some random thoughts from the game about our WR's.
1. If anybody has doubts about Donald Driver being a capable #1 WR, they are wrong. Maybe he doesn't have the abilities of a TO, but he has the work ethic and route running ability to be a #1. He was the only guy getting open yesterday and the Bears were trying to focus on him more than usual.
2. Greg Jennings- I'm a huge Jennings fan, but after watching yesterday I realize against good CB's who can jam at the line of scrimmage, Jennings really needs to improve. He needs to learn more moves to beat those jams off the line of scrimmage.
3. Ferguson- He's a very physical looking specimen who looks like a Pro Bowl WR before he takes the field. But he just doesn't run good patterns and he just doesn't get open consistently. We just aren't three deep at WR, and TT needs to fix that and put Fergy on special teams where he can hopefully use his abilities to excel at something.
4. Martin was unnoticeable
5. Bubba, heck where was Bubba. Bubba is what Bubba is. A good run blocking TE who can find seams against a zone.
AS FOR MY DISAPPOINTMENTS, they really have to do with some nitpicky things, but I'll list them here.
A. In series one and too much in quarter one, we came out with a 1 WR set. Was there any doubt we were going to run, run, run ? You don't beat superior defenses by running down their throats when we know we have a weak line. We weren't going to be able to pound the run to set up the pass against the Bears. It should not have taken a genius to figure that out. This was a game plan that had no possible good ending.
B. Way way way too many passing plays were called with Robert Ferguson and Greg Jennings in the game, but with Driver on the bench in the first half. Driver needs to be in the game any time Favre is passing; enough said. He's the only guy who can get consistently open against good coverage.
1. If anybody has doubts about Donald Driver being a capable #1 WR, they are wrong. Maybe he doesn't have the abilities of a TO, but he has the work ethic and route running ability to be a #1. He was the only guy getting open yesterday and the Bears were trying to focus on him more than usual.
2. Greg Jennings- I'm a huge Jennings fan, but after watching yesterday I realize against good CB's who can jam at the line of scrimmage, Jennings really needs to improve. He needs to learn more moves to beat those jams off the line of scrimmage.
3. Ferguson- He's a very physical looking specimen who looks like a Pro Bowl WR before he takes the field. But he just doesn't run good patterns and he just doesn't get open consistently. We just aren't three deep at WR, and TT needs to fix that and put Fergy on special teams where he can hopefully use his abilities to excel at something.
4. Martin was unnoticeable
5. Bubba, heck where was Bubba. Bubba is what Bubba is. A good run blocking TE who can find seams against a zone.
AS FOR MY DISAPPOINTMENTS, they really have to do with some nitpicky things, but I'll list them here.
A. In series one and too much in quarter one, we came out with a 1 WR set. Was there any doubt we were going to run, run, run ? You don't beat superior defenses by running down their throats when we know we have a weak line. We weren't going to be able to pound the run to set up the pass against the Bears. It should not have taken a genius to figure that out. This was a game plan that had no possible good ending.
B. Way way way too many passing plays were called with Robert Ferguson and Greg Jennings in the game, but with Driver on the bench in the first half. Driver needs to be in the game any time Favre is passing; enough said. He's the only guy who can get consistently open against good coverage.