Receivers balled Sunday!

[cranky]

No doubt Young had a great game but a big part of that success was because of his receivers (and by receiver I mean anyone who caught a pass). Young passed for a record 458 yards but 250 of those yard came after the catch so he had a lot of help.

Tremble turned a 5 yard pass into a 54 yard reception putting them into FG position for the win

Dowdle took a 3 yard pass and turned it into a 32 yard reception putting them in position for a TD  pass from Young to TMac

TMac took a 15 yard dig route and turned it into a 39 yard gain.

Legette took a 5 yard pass in the flat and turned it into a 20 yard reception. More importantly, he ran a go route and unlike the previous week where he made a half hearted, feeble attempt at catching it, he extended out and grab it for a 37 yard TD reception this time.

Cooker only had 5 passes his way but caught every single one averaging 13 yards/catch and he caught the 2 point conversion.

Evans caught a 25 yard pass on a 3rd down. Sanders caught a 10 yard pass on a 4th - 4. 

Again, Bryce played a great game. He was poised, looked comfortable and more importantly, consistency made the correct read to exploit the defense. But the receiver group played just as well and I would argue made him look great. 

I am a Bryce Young fan and have gotten a lot of slack around here for attributing some of his struggles to the receivers youth and lack of experience.  Not today - they were fantastic and I just wanted to make sure they got the recognition they deserved. 

[jfra78]

The recievers bailed him out on some early throws, I think it help calm his nerves.  Bryce had a really good game yesterday and I was impressed by some of his passes

[cranky]

7 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

The recievers bailed him out on some early throws, I think it help calm his nerves.  Bryce had a really good game yesterday and I was impressed by some of his passes

Cokers first catch was IMPRESSIVE!

[ForJimmy]

We have been lacking YAC from our offense. Hopefully this trend will continue and DC can scheme these guys into positions to get YAC and Bryce can get them the ball on target. 

[jfra78]

1 minute ago, ForJimmy said:

We have been lacking YAC from our offense. Hopefully this trend will continue and DC can scheme these guys into positions to get YAC and Bryce can get them the ball on target. 

The ball placement by Young was alot better yesterday allowing the recievers to continue their routes through the pass 

[cranky]

2 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

We have been lacking YAC from our offense. Hopefully this trend will continue and DC can scheme these guys into positions to get YAC and Bryce can get them the ball on target. 

I do think some of their success was from Canales putting them in position for YAC. I didn't give him enough credit in the OP but he called a really good game. 

[Ornias]

1 minute ago, jfra78 said:

The ball placement by Young was alot better yesterday allowing the recievers to continue their routes through the pass 

That was the biggest improvement I saw as well. He was hitting them in stride. 

[cranky]

2 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

The ball placement by Young was alot better yesterday allowing the recievers to continue their routes through the pass 

Yes, he was consistently throwing it in front of them instead of behind like he has in the past lol

[jfra78]

1 minute ago, Ornias said:

That was the biggest improvement I saw as well. He was hitting them in stride. 

It's much biggest criticism of him and glad to see improvement Sunday.  I wish good Bryce would show up earlier in the season 

[Khaki Lackey]

I’m giving you flak because you say you’ve gotten a lot of slack. 

[hepcat]

The only reason Bryce threw for as many yards as he did was the yards after catch. TMac is turning out to be the best draft pick of the decade for this team. Coker was a good find. And if Legette can just manage to catch SOME of the balls that hit him in the hands in the end zone he will put up some good numbers. 

[cranky]

18 minutes ago, Khaki Lackey said:

I’m giving you flak because you say you’ve gotten a lot of slack. 

LOL, yeah I can assure you no one around here has given me any slack with my opinions.

Regardless, I appreciate the flak!

[Carolina Cajun]

4 hours ago, jfra78 said:

The recievers bailed him out on some early throws, I think it help calm his nerves.  Bryce had a really good game yesterday and I was impressed by some of his passes

Super overlooked aspect.  That bog YAC catch for tmac early was such a big play by the rookie.  The pass was high and away, and if he doesn't catch or atleast get his hands on it, it's being fired right at the safety.  

[Aussie Tank]

54 minutes ago, hepcat said:

The only reason Bryce threw for as many yards as he did was the yards after catch. TMac is turning out to be the best draft pick of the decade for this team. Coker was a good find. And if Legette can just manage to catch SOME of the balls that hit him in the hands in the end zone he will put up some good numbers. 

That's normally what happens when any QB puts up big numbers