And there's the rub. Why are we arguing stats of our WRs after a season led, for the most part, by our BACKUP QB???????????????????????????????
I, for one, think that Bailey, Austin, Givens and Cook can F up a defense just fine if the line holds and the run game keeps the safeties honest. It ALL starts up front. Period. Football 101.
Because apparently our starting #1 Receiver hasn't seen a touchdown in 22 Games, but yet that's some how supposed to be all on Clemens and the OL? So was that Clemens fault last year that Given's last touchdown was against Arizona (week 11)? Or are we just going to chalk it up to "rookie" year and move on.
don't get me wrong - he was a rookie and I'm not blasting him for that. But I'm not for having a receiver who woefully regressed as your #1 and you didn't need Bradford to see that. Especially when there's a big upgrade in the draft staring you in the face
Ya got me going back and forth, so confused right now I just want this draft to happen
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here's some more numbers. Rams Drop rate = 7th, 30 drops. Seattle = 32nd, 13 drops.... Less attempts, multiple receivers with more production, and definitely way more points scored.
Conveniently ignored the lack of touchdowns? My main point has been to simply to dispute your yardage notion. But, if you want to talk TDs, the whole team needs to score more. And if the ball is being spread out to several targets, I couldn't give a flip about who scores as long as the team scores.
lol wow. so that's your response to givens' lack of production is blame the whole team lol.
the whole team doesn't score much because they're simply not talented enough - plenty of other receivers this season managed to score regardless of offense or qb.
See Josh Gordon, Jeffrey, Justin Blackmon, Kendall Wright, etc. the list goes on
Plus, I don't believe that the team even has a #1 WR for your cherry picked stats. Givens may not have had a TD, but Austin and Pettis had 4 apiece. The TEs (playing in TE heavy scheme remember) had 11 unlike prior seasons (6 in 2012 / 0 in 2011). Just because the guy you labeled and want to score and didn't means nothing to me as long as the team scores.
How is this cherry picking? Is Tavon austin our #1 receiver? Nope. Is Austin Pettis, whom I have pointed out his td's? Nope
Seems to me you just don't want to admit Chris Givens as our #1 receiver is severely inadequate and the position needs an upgrade.
And all that said, my guess is that Givens has more yards and scores as the season goes on if Bradford doesn't go down as Clemens struggled going down the field where Givens excels.
Lmao right - because based on what history tells you this? Givens last 12 games with Bradford (this season and last):
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zero touchdowns
-10 out of 12 games he had less than 60 yards, half of those games (6 of 12) he had less than 30 yards
Seems like to me, to you Givens has very little responsibility for his league worst performance as #1 Starting Receiver and it's everyone elses fault... 104 Other receivers played with back ups and caught at least one touchdown - what's their excuses?
What's Justin Blackmon's excuse for getting 415 yards in 4 games? Hell he caught a touchdown in that 4 game spat.
The amount of excuses for this ineptitude is amazing.. The less attempts excuse is botched - especially since the Rams sit at #7 overall with 30 drops. (And the least attempted team in the league, also has the least drops, easily out produced the Rams entire corps..they got yards and touchdowns).
Spare me the "spread the ball around" excuse. Snap counts for 2013:
Givens - 779 (out of 1005), 77.5%
Cook - 718, 71.4%
Pettis - 580, 57.7%
Kendricks - 577, 57.4%
Tavon - 423, 42.1%
Quick - 354, 35.2%
^ That is woefully sad when you consider Givens production and the rest of the other team.
Quick atleast got a touchdown and he played less than half as much