Originally Posted by
Patler
I thought they were looking more at Abbrederis. He had opportunities, then had a bad drop and you didn't see him again for a couple games. It just seemed like mistakes from them weren't tolerated, while Adams was given 2nd chances time and time again.
After Montgomery was out, and Jones dinged up, with Adams hurt and/or failing to come through, they should have designed a few opportunities in each game for Abbrederis/Janis. The few times Janis did play, he ended up staying in as a blocker most of the time.
Maybe this is another example of MM playing not to lose, rather than playing to win. Just as we complain about him of playing too conservatively at the ends of games, he didn't seem to be willing to take any type of chance with Janis as a receiver. The potential for Janis to use his size and speed to make a big play seemed to be outweighed by MM's fear that he could make a mistake.