More Banjo: Week 9 vs Colts

[Carolina_Packer]

On offense, they've banged their head against man 2 deep for more than a year and don't seem to understand why they can't beat it.

The answer is either make them respect a running game to move one of the two deeps towards the LOS, or get faster/quicker receivers if you are not truly committed to the run game. With their lack of depth, thus low margin for error at RB, they now have a reason (some may say excuse) for not being able to employ one of those options to beat two deep. What I really haven't been able to wrap my head around is whether we have a scheme/WR routes issue or a lack of speed and separation at WR, or possibly both. If the latter, what are they trying to do to help create separation with the receivers we have? Unless the Packers send the receivers out with banana peels for their defender, they have to find ways to get separation for the receivers.

[beveaux1]

On another note ? Do we draft terrible receivers or is the coaching staff that poor ?

It seems guys three years removed from college still can't run a clean route or get off a jam.

There's always a reason a draft pick falls to the 4th through 7th rounds. Most of them have some deficiency to make up for. Davis is slight of build and not very strong. Janis came from a very small school and really did not know anything about route running, blocking, or how to change his route based on DB positioning. Allison is not very fast with some of the same deficiencies as Janis. It usually takes three years in this system for the lights to click on if you had few deficiencies (usually a 1 through 3 draft pick). Driver took 4 to 5 years. Nelson was a contributor his 2nd year. J Jones took 3 or 4 years (still made mistakes his 3rd year). Cobb plays slot (a little different learning curve there). He was up and running by his 2nd year, although his third was great.

It appears that Adams is playing better in this his third year. The others are not ready for prime time. This is the problem with drafting late every first round. In essence, we have one fewer first round pick and one more guy that we draft last that would have been a free agent. It also shows what 5 drafts in a row focusing on the defense will do to your offense.

[beveaux1]

Back to WRs. Picking up a free agent WR requires a learning curve nearly as steep unless that player has played in a hybrid West Coast offense. Perhaps if they change to the man buster offense with crossing routes and timing and stacked receiver sets, the young receivers might not have to think as much. Brady and his stable of free agents and cast-offs seem to get up to speed pretty quickly.

[denverYooper]

I actually see some daylight for the passing game coming. Janis is getting more work and I think they have the makings of some nice 4-5 WR sets down the stretch with Nelson, Cobb, Adams, Montgomery and Janis. They can also sub in bigger with Allison or faster with Davis.

We've seen glimpses.