Kate Hits a Bit on Major SMU Problem

[Stallion]

SMU's passing game is too one-dimensional-compare to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th receivers on other Run and Shoot/Spread teams-its way of of whack-BLM has relied too heavily on Sanders and other Receivers have not pulled up the slack. The more SMU relies on Sanders the more his effectiveness numbers go down-because they are keying on Sanders This is a point I've made since the start of the year-to be successful in this offense QBs have to get all receivers into the action to force teams to cover the entire field. You guys can point the finger at Sanders all you want but that isn't the biggest problem. We need for 4 receivers to step up and be consistent threats to score or make big plays. The other receivers have been consistently inconsistent.

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SANDERS, E. 59 628 10.6 2 89.7
ROBINSON, A. 24 415 17.3 4 59.3
WILKERSON, T. 23 323 14.0 4 46.1
Beasley, Cole 18 165 9.2 1 27.5
MCNEAL, Shawn 18 164 9.1 1 23.4
Johnson, Darius 8 88 11.0 1 29.3
Line, Zach 7 54 7.7 0 7.7
Haynes, Bradley 3 29 9.7 0 4.1
Loftin, Cole 2 19 9.5 0 9.5

[Stallion]

Compare to other 2nd through 4th Wide Receivers in other passing Offenses;

Houston 107 receptions
Texas Tech 100 receptions
SMU 65 receptions

that's a pretty significant discrepancy. And as pointed out in another thread the descrepancy is significantly greater when you realize that SMU gets the ball to their RBs so rarely in comparison to these teams. SMU has gotten the ball to RBs 25 times this year(McNeal 18), Texas Tech has gotten the ball to RBs 63 times. Houston has gotten the ball to RBs 62 times

[Peruna88]

Maybe the other receivers are open and BLM never checks down to them. How many times does he force it to Sanders in double or triple coverage when Wilkerson or Robinson are open on the other side of the field? We are way too one dimensional - totally agree.

[bagice]

Maybe the other receivers are open and BLM never checks down to them. How many times does he force it to Sanders in double or triple coverage when Wilkerson or Robinson are open on the other side of the field? We are way too one dimensional - totally agree.

This is a big part of it...its not that our receivers are not stepping up, its that Bo makes up his mind before the snap where he is going to throw the ball and most of the time he is looking at Sanders..

[The PonyGrad]

Maybe the other receivers are open and BLM never checks down to them. How many times does he force it to Sanders in double or triple coverage when Wilkerson or Robinson are open on the other side of the field? We are way too one dimensional - totally agree.

This is a big part of it...its not that our receivers are not stepping up, its that Bo makes up his mind before the snap where he is going to throw the ball and most of the time he is looking at Sanders..

Of course that is how he fooled the D on that 96 yard TD vs. ECU. Look as ES and throw to AR.

Also note that AR would be a close second to ES if he were not slowed so many games with that ankle.