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Originally Posted by skins052bgr8
Just curious T. Jacobs has not produced and from the way it sounds he is left in man coverage. The dude can fly, where is his weakness, route running, getting off the line with the DB. That short slant is hard as hell to cover for a DB, so why is he not getting the ball he is much faster than Cooley and surely can run a better route as a WR so how is Cooley getting open and Jacobs not. Most of the time when he gets it, also on the edge none across the middle. Is Brunell not looking their way and focused on Moss and Cooley. Are we saying they suck because of the stats, because even Patten stats sucked and if I recall alot of people were saying he sucked as a number two receiver, now we revert that he was the reason why Moss is blanketed now. From what I see we are not getting the ball to our # 2 and 3 receivers no matter who is in there. It is not Patten demanded more coverage than the other guys, Defenses just blanket moss and say beat us with your # 2 and #3 receivers. From the beginning of the year our 2nd and 3rd receivers have not even had many balls thrown to them. I can recall watching some of the games Patten running alone and never looked at by the QB. I think the only time Brunell hits a secondary receiver is if it is a dump down when he is being pressured.
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Jacobs does have good speed, but he does not run very good routes, as a #2 should. I get muscled at the line of scrimmage and get off the ball. Cooley is very good at finding the open spots on the field, which alot of teams have reported. Cooley just has that "knack" of finding space. Since Jacobs does not require to have a safety help, that leaves him one on one most of the time and Moss doubled or triple covered. This is why we run those screens to him because he is a playmaker and we have to find ways to get him the ball if we can't get him open down field. When patten played, his stats might not have been so good, but because of his reputation as a good route runner and a guy with good speed they could not just leave him one on one with alot of corners, which enabled moss to find open spots as well as being able to get behind corners and safeties. Until we can find someone that demands more attention with coverage out pass selections will be more geared to the shorter routes with moss and cooley. I did like seeing Portis in motion and catching more balls out of the backfield and 10 to 15 years down field. They may be mixing more of the plays in to try and help Moss get some breathing room down field. Cooley and Royal will be used more for the release plays and short crossing patters across the middle. Once we establish this as plays that need the attention of the defense, Moss will find open spaces across the middle and will open up the double moves for the posts and fly patterns.