I think at UF it is not just knowing your route and the formation, it is knowing all the other WR's role too. That in addition to being an unbelievable downfield blocker is a requirement to be "game ready'" for an Urban Meyer team. So we will see Hammonds play, but he might miss a block that otherwise would have sprung the ball carrier for a big gain. That is what scares me about the line this week. 1st team can put up 42 in the 1st half, 2nd team can put up 21 in the 3rd quarter, but can we score anymore as we get further down the depth chart? Ken K MNGator
_____ From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve McKibben Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:44 AM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: is our offense too complex? 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, ke...@baldwinnc.com <ke...@baldwinnc.com> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
