Touches By Players

Since there have been a lot of questions raised about why some players aren't getting enough touches...thought I would add some opinions.

1) Toney: electric player with shake and bake moves. But how is he in practice? Does he block downfield for fellow receivers? Academics in order? Runs crisp routes? If you were a receiver at practice busting your arse to run precise routes, blocking for other WRs and RBs and you have a kid who isn't doing that very well...would you want him taking your snaps? Think about that. And something else which someone else shared...is his endurance..he is small of frame still and may not have the physical part down yet.

Pierce: this is easy, hard for true frosh to pick a host of blocking schemes to protect the QB, pass catching routes etc etc. This can take a little time and you don't want defense to key on run plays when he is in the game because he doesn't know all the blocking schemes yet. And I did notice Scarlett Jordan block extremely well on DEs Saturday night.

I myself have wondered why Grimes hasn't been targeted much....but he and Franks have been room mates..so it isn't something like being ignored. The good news: a coaching change has done wonders for Josh Hammond and Freddie Swain.


I was impressed by Moral Stephens catch of a Franks bullet. TEs aren't known for especially good hands. But I hate to see passes thrown to Cynonti Lewis to be dropped. Frustrating. He probably is our best TE blocker though.