There are several things the numbers bear out that I think are over looked when trying to assess Quick progress.
Targets per game were on the rise with Bradford (small sample size) but it was there.
7 over the first 3 games, 7 over the second 3 and then an outlier at 6, there's no statistical evidence of a trend.
Throws per game in general went down with the change at QB. Clemens just could not be expected to have the same game plan as Bradford
2 of the last 9 games Quick did not get 1 target. There is no way he was not open the entire game and he was getting PT so it has to be considered that Clemens
was not confident enough to make the throws and instead chose safer throws to protect the ball.
The test for difference in targets per game was not statistically significant, his snaps per game was lower with Sam than Clemens he simply wasn't being targeted less per snap with Clemens as QB than Sam.
This offense is not going to be one where 1 guy gets targeted 10 times a game every week. They want to distribute the ball to multiple players and keep the D guessing. If they throw 30 times a game and run 30 times a game Quick will probably see no more than 5 targets on average. Cook, Austin, Bailey if all four of these guys get 5 a game that is 20. Add in the other TEs and RBs and you are running out of targets quickly.
If they have a good receiver they'll target him, just like every offence in the history of the universe ever. If they target guys who aren't as good just to spread the ball around then they're idiots.
Quick had a couple of jacked up plays everyone remembers where he did not make adjustments to be on the same page as Sam, he was never expected to be a polished WR in 2013. He is not going to be what everyone thinks is the definition of a true #1, neither is anyone else on this team in this offense. The thing is the Rams do not need that kind of WR in this offense to be a winning team.
We don't need it to be a winning team, but offer Sam the trade you can either have Calvin Johnson [can we no longer strike out text?] Alshon Jeffery but you must target him like a number 1 or you can stay with Quick and spread the ball around...well I can't read Sam's mind either.