forbidden wrote:bluejacket wrote:I believe that I said this before in another thread a couple of weeks ago. Gabe Henderson is the lynchpin of our offense. Peterson and Shells are not great possession receivers (Darrin is much more than Dante). We need Gabe to help take the heat off of our other receivers and running backs through intermediate and short passes and be the explosive player that he can be. He has had a couple drops, but he also hasn't been targeted very much. If he can't turn it around, we'll need the TEs to get some more action in order to help fix the passing attack.
Henderson stats so far: 5 catches for 47 yards.
TE stats:
Herman: 5 for 66 yards
Couamin: 1 for 8 yards
I think you just answered your own question in regards to our #2 WR spot. You say he has drops, but hasn't been targeted. Well that could be the reason that he hasn't been targeted that much. The use of the spread is to get the ball into the hands of your most explosive players, and so far IMO, Petey has been the best of the WR's that we have on the roster, Gabe has been the second best, but not targeted for whatever reason. Dante is iffy, becuz of his hands, but has good speed. There must be some reason why Justin Fritts has not been able to crack the lineup, because we have been seeing DK and Zac Parker. On the outside, this year, I think that kid BJ Farrow, becauase of his (may not even be a word) go getitness would have been real helpful. Bottom line is they have to keep on getting coached up and working hard. Sure Coach T isn't letting them rest on their laurels.
I didn't really answer my own question. I just stated what one of the problems is with our offense: intermediate and short passing. Gabe had a couple drops against UNC, but similar problems didn't stop us from targeting Dante on Saturday. Gabe was virtually nonexistent in the passing attack.
If we can get Gabe going, everything on our offense will begin to improve quickly.