[CardinalSagehen]

Remember, at the combine they said McCaffrey ran the best routes not only of running backs, but the wide receivers as well. It’s unrealistic to expect Love to be able to run the option route like McCaffrey did. I think Love is actually a better pure runner carrying the football. He’s faster, quicker, and I think he actually finishes a little better than McCaffrey. But as a receiver there simply is no comparison. 

I've seen Love on the wheel route

Let's remind ourselves of what that looked like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_afb5sVS...e&t=18m31s

Nobody’s saying Love has to be as good as McCaffrey at running routes.  I agree that’s unrealistic.  

In fact, in our current offense, most of McCaffrey’s slot routes seem to have been passed down to Wedington (along with Rector’s bubbles screens, for that matter). 

But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t throw more to Love out of the backfield, or that we shouldn’t attempt to punish ILBs that creep up, such as in the Rose Bowl play.  

In any case, I’ll settle for whatever works, including pretty wheel routes a la Sun Bowl!  Speed kills, in so many different ways...

[CardinalSagehen]

Remember, at the combine they said McCaffrey ran the best routes not only of running backs, but the wide receivers as well. It’s unrealistic to expect Love to be able to run the option route like McCaffrey did. I think Love is actually a better pure runner carrying the football. He’s faster, quicker, and I think he actually finishes a little better than McCaffrey. But as a receiver there simply is no comparison. 

I've seen Love on the wheel route

Let's remind ourselves of what that looked like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_afb5sVS...e&t=18m31s

Nobody’s saying Love has to be as good as McCaffrey at running routes.  I agree that’s unrealistic.  

In fact, in our current offense, most of McCaffrey’s slot routes seem to have been passed down to Wedington (along with Rector’s bubbles screens, for that matter). 

But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t throw more to Love out of the backfield, or that we shouldn’t attempt to punish ILBs that creep up, such as in the Rose Bowl play.  

In any case, I’ll settle for whatever works, including pretty wheel routes a la Sun Bowl!  Speed kills, in so many different ways...