Heavy on Wide Receivers

[g11]

Krieger Coble showed some flash for a freshmen at the end of the year I thought. I do think Cotton and KMM with another year to learn this system should be productive. Again though, it all relies on the QB actually seeing open targets and not throwing behind them.

 

[Hawknick]

Powell and Willies are 4.4 40 guys. They both seem to be solid players.

 

[BrotherHawkeye2]

You can never have too many WRs in my opinion. Need playmakers and people that can catch the ball.

 

[pmchawk]

Krieger Coble showed some flash for a freshmen at the end of the year I thought. I do think Cotton and KMM with another year to learn this system should be productive. Again though, it all relies on the QB actually seeing open targets and not throwing behind them.

If we are trying to have our QB throw to the back shoulder the pass will always be behind the receiver.

 

[Tschroeder13]

I think what people don't get his that it is extremely hard to win with a slow team. We have always been slow and old school but things have changed. With them bringing in that many WR's there is no way they will all stay WR. What it does is get them competeing for their spots at the WR postition that they wall want and it will push them to improve a lot. The others will want to be on the field and people with the right body type will be talked into trying another position.

 

[g11]

this is a solid move.. if two of them pan out at all this season the Hawks improve greatly offensively

 

[Billso]

100% Agree. What are we doing? It seems as if they have taken the shotgun approach to WR recruiting. Lets just get 15 "C" level rated D1 players and hopefully 2 of them will turn out to be decent. Meanwhile, other positions of need are being ignored. I have no problem if KF wants to chew gum and let Grandpa Greg toy around with the offense. Buy, if that is going to happen, you have to recruit effectively. Iowa's WR situation is Exhibit "A" in how to not recruit effectively at a certain position. Are we to then assume all the WR's we currently have on the roster are non-factors?

And this is the difference between has-been pop singers, and great football minds like mine. OBVIOUSLY GD plans to deploy Dick Tomey's famed "rattlesnake" formation with 4 WR's stacked to one side. And obviously, these kids are going to get tired, and GD is smart enough to work a 12-man rotation.

If that leaves a few extra WR's not cutting the mustard, we'll convert them to smallish DEs.

Once again, I have to explain everything to you people.

 

[SteveGarvey]

Powell and Willies are 4.4 40 guys. They both seem to be solid players.

Powell looks like a young Steve Smith on tape. Kid looks like he could take it to the house anytime albeit against JC competition.

 

[thetrza]

"Heavy on Wide Receivers" or "Heavy Wide Receivers", I think we need to be closer to heavy wide receivers. Imagine lining up a 6'4" 285lb. tackle/tight end/H-back hybrid against a 5'7" corner for Indiana or Purdue. Why else would we have hired Aaron Hernandez' brother? The quarterback can read whether the defense is in zone or man coverage by motioning one of these guys to the field side of the ball. We could totally work the rollout, waggle, and screen game back into our offense like what we had with the last coordinator. Imagine a jail break screen where our wideouts outweigh the other teams linebackers by 75lbs each?

 

[Billso]

Powell looks like a young Steve Smith on tape. Kid looks like he could take it to the house anytime albeit against JC competition.

I've met Steve Smith, and Powell is no Steve Smith.

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