If you have Julio Jones, who is not only a freak of nature, but heads and shoulders above any of his teammates as a playmaker you tell him to run a crossing route, or fly pattern, or down and out, and you look for him. Everyone knows that the ball will be going to him, but knowing it and stopping it are often two different things. How many TDs did he score against the Gators in the SECCG?
Heck, in Percy's freshman season he was brought along much the same way, but as his knowledge of the offense evolved, so did his role in it. If you want a fully functional offense where the DBs have no idea if the guy they're lining up across is a primary target, secondary target, decoy, or blocker, then it helps for the offensive player to know the playbook. --- On Wed, 9/2/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: Articles are regularly stating that RBs and WRs don't know the plays. Is our playbook too complex? I guess some would look at that as a positive - we have a huge arsenal of plays that we can run. But how do other teams get young guys - like Julio Jones of Alabama - productive in their first year? Seems like it takes us a couple of years before our guys know the playbook. Keith (got 1 and 1/2 bags of meteorite dust so far) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
