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Our WRs will never put up gaudy stats.  Their first priority appears to be run blocking and we tend to run mostly possession-type patterns.  Not only that, but we often favor TEs over WRs more than other offenses.  ...



  Any offense that leads the nation in delay-of-game penalties, fewest plays per game, most punts inside the opponent's 40, etc. is not going to excite the speedster type of receiver that we desperately need to stretch the field, get separation, etc.  On the other hand, our self-selection process might make us particularly attractive to bigger possession receivers who feel like they might be better utilized at Stanford than at a program that throws the ball 50 times per game and places an emphasis on speed.

Well, we have had a few receivers that have put up pretty good stats, but we also generally haven't had fantastic receivers.
Arcega-Whiteside was perhaps the statistically top receiver in the conference over 2017-18. 
Fehoko led the conference in yds/gm in 2020.
It is true, however, that since a lot of stats folks pay attention to are gross totals, simply running more plays tends to give players better stats. 

On a second front, at least a few bits of your comments seem to more reflect the Stanford offense of 2012-2017 rather than the current state. 
Stanford still huddles and tends to play slow. However, Stanford also doesn't run much anymore. That mix means that when the offense is decent, and can keep the ball, they run a reasonable number of plays. When they cannot get first downs, the number of plays is very low. So, 2021 Stanford had the fewest plays per game in the conference; in 2020 third most; 2019 ninth (third fewest).

Run blocking doesn't seem to be a priority for our receivers as we don't run much anymore. Stanford had the fewest rushing attempts in the conference in 2021, second fewest in 2019 and 2018 - only more than WSU under Leach. 
Nobody coached by somebody other than Leach throws the ball 50 times per game. [The last time any team coached by somebody other than Mike Leach to throw at least 50 passes per game was cal under Sonny Dykes in 2016.]
It is true that by running fewer plays, Stanford has fewer pass attempts than many. However, as a percentage of plays Stanford is on the high end tail of most-passing. Stanford has had more passing attempts than running every year since 2017; that's not very common.

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Our WRs will never put up gaudy stats.  Their first priority appears to be run blocking and we tend to run mostly possession-type patterns.  Not only that, but we often favor TEs over WRs more than other offenses.  ...



  Any offense that leads the nation in delay-of-game penalties, fewest plays per game, most punts inside the opponent's 40, etc. is not going to excite the speedster type of receiver that we desperately need to stretch the field, get separation, etc.  On the other hand, our self-selection process might make us particularly attractive to bigger possession receivers who feel like they might be better utilized at Stanford than at a program that throws the ball 50 times per game and places an emphasis on speed.

Well, we have had a few receivers that have put up pretty good stats, but we also generally haven't had fantastic receivers.
Arcega-Whiteside was perhaps the statistically top receiver in the conference over 2017-18. 
Fehoko led the conference in yds/gm in 2020.
It is true, however, that since a lot of stats folks pay attention to are gross totals, simply running more plays tends to give players better stats. 

On a second front, at least a few bits of your comments seem to more reflect the Stanford offense of 2012-2017 rather than the current state. 
Stanford still huddles and tends to play slow. However, Stanford also doesn't run much anymore. That mix means that when the offense is decent, and can keep the ball, they run a reasonable number of plays. When they cannot get first downs, the number of plays is very low. So, 2021 Stanford had the fewest plays per game in the conference; in 2020 third most; 2019 ninth (third fewest).

Run blocking doesn't seem to be a priority for our receivers as we don't run much anymore. Stanford had the fewest rushing attempts in the conference in 2021, second fewest in 2019 and 2018 - only more than WSU under Leach. 
Nobody coached by somebody other than Leach throws the ball 50 times per game. [The last time any team coached by somebody other than Mike Leach to throw at least 50 passes per game was cal under Sonny Dykes in 2016.]
It is true that by running fewer plays, Stanford has fewer pass attempts than many. However, as a percentage of plays Stanford is on the high end tail of most-passing. Stanford has had more passing attempts than running every year since 2017; that's not very common.