I was a little surprised and disappointed that people wanted to demote him or maybe even cut him after that first game. Admittedly he had a poor game, but the guy has been a pretty important role player when healthy since he's been in SD. I'm not a fan of him on punt returns-- he does too much of that running backward shit. But he's been a pretty nice receiver for us. He sure opens things up for the passing game when he's a factor.
So I guess Royal is out of the doghouse now
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I just hope he stays healthy. He started great last year than kind of disappeared. I like him, Allen and Floyd as our trio. All have solid skills that add to Gates to make us hard to pick a guy to shut down. They took Gates out but our trio stepped up nicely.
Keep getting Royal in space like that. Really has some quick feet to avoid getting tackled.
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They still need to find a way to involve Green (when healthy).
One of the reasons our running attack was so effective last year was because we had two TE's. I suspect that aspect is not lost on the coaching staff either. Granted it's a moot point until Green heals up the hammy.
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Originally posted by Beerman View PostThey still need to find a way to involve Green (when healthy).
One of the reasons our running attack was so effective last year was because we had two TE's. I suspect that aspect is not lost on the coaching staff either. Granted it's a moot point until Green heals up the hammy.
I do think a lot of the 3 WR thing is more about who we have played then anything else. Honey Badger was down for the Cards. Seattle was short a CB prior to the game. Bills were struggling to decide who the 2nd CB and nickle CB were, so they were ripe. Then we go against the jags, when we are short at TE due to injuries and they are short a CB. So, when you look at the matchups, we had good reason to go 11 personnel, even though Green is sadly underutlized.
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Originally posted by Steve View PostWe do, there is no doubt about it. Just right now, the bigger issue is that we can't block anyone inside, so that has to get fixed first. A lot of our outside zone runs are being called, they just are getting blown up so fast, that they don't even look like outside runs. We have to stop the penetration inside to have any kind of running game. And going 2 TE isn't going to help that.
I do think a lot of the 3 WR thing is more about who we have played then anything else. Honey Badger was down for the Cards. Seattle was short a CB prior to the game. Bills were struggling to decide who the 2nd CB and nickle CB were, so they were ripe. Then we go against the jags, when we are short at TE due to injuries and they are short a CB. So, when you look at the matchups, we had good reason to go 11 personnel, even though Green is sadly underutlized.
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It looks exactly like the start of last season, Starting out with a Hotttt Eddie Royal.
The question is, Will he remain a HOTT part of the offense or will defenses pick him out ? Which should lead to others getting big plays.
Either way I wasn't on the bandwagon that was calling for his head. All I cared about was, That he wasn't going the way of Vincent Brown & Meachem "ALA" giving up on routes, Not even fighting the backfield for the ball
#Thechessmatchcontinues
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I do think week one showed Reich how to use Eddie. He was running so many crossing routes vs. Arizona and then those magically disappeared the next 3 games. He's running a lot more vertical intermediate routes and WR screens. Unless I'm just going crazy and making shit up in my head, which is also entirely possible.
That out and up route (with Allen crossing over him) for the TD this past weekend was a thing of beauty. Can guarantee that will result in a big play for Allen when they run it again and he's running free underneath because the safety has to protect over the top.Last edited by Beerman; 09-30-2014, 10:57 PM.
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Originally posted by Sec-E4 View PostIt looks exactly like the start of last season, Starting out with a Hotttt Eddie Royal.
The question is, Will he remain a HOTT part of the offense or will defenses pick him out ? Which should lead to others getting big plays.
Either way I wasn't on the bandwagon that was calling for his head. All I cared about was, That he wasn't going the way of Vincent Brown & Meachem "ALA" giving up on routes, Not even fighting the backfield for the ball
#ThechessmatchcontinuesAdipose
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