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Originally Posted by MagicHef
What a weird response, I didn’t say anything like that. Do you think that CAR’s WRs getting nearly 1 1/2 times as many targets could have contributed to their increased production?
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Well, of course.
Generally speaking, though, I think more targets are given to the players that each team thinks will be the most successful. Or if not the coaches, then certainly the QB (it’s his pass to make, after all).
I think in 2020, Teddy had confidence in and felt comfortable throwing to his top 3 WR’s in Carolina. Which is why they had more targets. And they didn’t have a reliable TE. And McCaffrey (a great receiving back) was injured most of the year.
In Denver, I think Teddy (and the coaching staff) felt more comfortable distributing the ball around to other targets (TE’s, RB’s for instance) than focusing on his WR’s.
Is that because Teddy (and the coaching staff) thought they would be more successful targeting the TE’s and RB’s more and the WR’s less? If that’s the case, why? Were they THAT confident in Albert O., Noah, Javonte and Melvin as receivers as opposed to the WR group? Or did they have concerns about their WR group being reliable targets? Did Teddy not trust them? Did the coaching staff not trust them (they’re the ones who design the game plans, after all).
Regardless, ultimately what matters is what’s put on the field. Results speak for themselves. Any Denver fan (or media talking head or prognosticator) that wants to prop up Denver’s WR group as ‘elite’ when they have proven NOTHING on the field (outside of one good year by Sutton) is an idiot.
They have not been a Russell Wilson away from being Chase, Higgins and Boyd or Kupp, Woods and OBJ or even Hill, Watkins, and Hardman.
I find it amusing that
some of you Donko fans seem to think that.
I guess we’ll all find out this year, won’t we?