Rosario

[WCABBall]

This is a question that I have wondered about ever since game 1 last year. Why don't we better utilize Donte Rosario? Last year at SD the guy was great. He had 9 catches and the game winner, yet I think he ended the year with 16 total grabs. Today he was big down the stretch making 3 catches all in the 4th Q.

Looking at the stats from todays game, we threw to Smith 15 times and Moose 7. The 3rd and 4rth WR were thrown at 1 time each. I know the offense was good today, but we need to use other options. A good TE is huge, we saw that today with Gonzalez. King is not that guy and I know he is a better blocker, but we need to use Rosario more. This guy is no T. Gonzalez but I really believe he could grab 3-4 a game and help stretch the middle of the field.

[beastson]

http://www.carolinahuddle.com/forum/carolina-panthers/20451-davidson-needs-work-his-passing-offense.html

Yeah I agree

[FLpanfan]

yeah he was fantastic

[rayzor]

he does incredibly well in every role he is put in.

that he wasn't even thrown to until the 3rd quarter is flat out stupid. he is a playmaker that can really open up the game.

he is that 3rd receiver that the team needs.

[ChucktownK]

King hardly ever drops a pass. That says a lot with Delhomme passing. Two years ago he was about the only receiver that could catch the ball on the entire team. Maybe Fox don't trust enough, we've seen that time and time again.

[kungfoodude]

We don't use Rosario because TE is largely just an extra OL for our offense. Don't know why we don't try him as a 3rd or 4th WR, however. Hell, could he be any worse than Jarrett?

[magnus]

our TEs had plenty of yardage given who our first two WRs are.

I'll say this, rather the TEs than our backs. They should be fantastic in the passing game and are just average.

At any rate, you've been asking since week 1 last year because he got trampled in that celebration and then hurt his back. Looks healthy now, and I think we'll see more of Rosario receiving than last year.

[guyinchesapeake]

I agree that our TEs are underutilized in the passing game. Other teams kill us with their TEs, we could use ours to open up to the WRs more. We did throw to ours more today than in games past, and I hope that continues. We have an offense that would allow for good ball control if we threw more 'dinks' to the RBs and short tosses over the middle to the TEs. Jake had a much better game today than the past 2, but he still looks to Smith and Moose way too often. Giving the other defense something more to think about will only help us.