[washingtonismoney]

Look, the offensive concepts and playcalling sucked today, for two specific reasons:

a) Conceptually: Why did Jordan Pratt receive the second-most snaps of any wideout? Why was he targeted so much? He's a great story and (seemingly) a great guy. This does not justify playing him over Whitfield and Rector, who have caught the ball 15 times to Pratt's one. Other offenses would utilize a player with a 39.5 yards per catch average. In our offense, Rector has had one catch since his Washington State breakout game.

I suppose in our base 22 offense, it makes sense to play Cajuste over Rector. Cajuste is damn good too. But why does this have to be our base? There's a brobdingnagian gap between Rector and Hopkins (who, again, is another fine individual who should not be playing as often as he does.) I have this crazy idea that we should play Cajuste, Rector and Montgomery at the same time.

b) Playcalling: OK, one thing if Hogan appears hurt or sick or something. Fine. But it's another thing to have him throw so many obviously unsuitable routes and go away from demonstrated, in-game strengths -- that is, running the ball. Or, if you don't want to do more Hogan running, just run the ball in your base power stuff. How Gaffney got only 22 carries is beyond me.


This game would've been comfortable if not for some weird, fluky stuff. I'm hoping that doesn't blind our coaches to deep, serious problems. The offense hasn't scored over 30 points since September. There are issues here.

[washingtonismoney]

Look, the offensive concepts and playcalling sucked today, for two specific reasons:

a) Conceptually: Why did Jordan Pratt receive the second-most snaps of any wideout? Why was he targeted so much? He's a great story and (seemingly) a great guy. This does not justify playing him over Whitfield and Rector, who have caught the ball 15 times to Pratt's one. Other offenses would utilize a player with a 39.5 yards per catch average. In our offense, Rector has had one catch since his Washington State breakout game.

I suppose in our base 22 offense, it makes sense to play Cajuste over Rector. Cajuste is damn good too. But why does this have to be our base? There's a brobdingnagian gap between Rector and Hopkins (who, again, is another fine individual who should not be playing as often as he does.) I have this crazy idea that we should play Cajuste, Rector and Montgomery at the same time.

b) Playcalling: OK, one thing if Hogan appears hurt or sick or something. Fine. But it's another thing to have him throw so many obviously unsuitable routes and go away from demonstrated, in-game strengths -- that is, running the ball. Or, if you don't want to do more Hogan running, just run the ball in your base power stuff. How Gaffney got only 22 carries is beyond me.


This game would've been comfortable if not for some weird, fluky stuff. I'm hoping that doesn't blind our coaches to deep, serious problems. The offense hasn't scored over 30 points since September. There are issues here.