Look at it this way how many balls does a QB field in the shotgun
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Scheme, formation, and play calling will help a lot with getting open too. From what I've seen, getting open in Leach's offense is way easier than anything we've seen at State before.
Leach seems to accomplish what JoMo talked about. He attacks the defense and makes the secondary make choices about who to cover. No matter what the choice, someone is open at some point. (We still are required to actually throw the ball to the open receiver and catch the ball). Leach has scored a lot of points with some receivers that were mediocre at best.
The only way I see to keep that from happening is to play tight man on every receiver. Hill is really hoping someone dumb enough to try that.
If our 3rd string quarterback becomes a big part of our offense by swapping to receiver a little less than 3 weeks from our first game I'd say we have major problems at receiver. Can't blame Schrader for trying and maybe he can be part of a special package or two.
Don't make it complicated. He's a strong guy with a big frame. Make him a redzone specialist and have him get good at jump balls and blocking. He's not going to be a pure route runner so there's no reason to expect him to be. Let him be an athletic where vertical space is limited and getting higher than a shorter corner is valued.
He's faster and quicker than our TEs lining up at WR. No idea if he can run routes and catch balls. Hope he can. Hate to see him leave.
I mean, it's almost certainly our weakest position group on offense by a significant margin.
But also, WR is probably the easiest position to just come into and rely on athleticism. Aren't going to get the QB killed by poor blocking like a RB can, and the routes are generally going to be easier to learn than defensive assignments, and while there will be the occasional pick six caused by a WR and QB not being on the same page, WRs don't generally risk a TD everytime they screw up like a LB or DB might.
Ryan Tannehill was a QB that switched to WR after fall of his RS freshman year at A&M and was really good pretty much immediately. I think Bear Wilson was a pretty big contributor as a true freshman after not playing a whole lot of football up to that point. And at least a few college qbs have turn into pretty good NFL WRs (Matt Jones, Antwan Randle El (sp?). I'm sure there are a ton of HS QBs that have been moved to receiver or evern recruited at receiver and done really well. Not saying I expect Shrader to be great at WR, but it seems like there's a decent chance he could help us there based on his play last year, if he can catch.
If this move is permanent and the staff has decided to roll with Rogers then if I'm Garrett I'm doing whatever I can to get on the field this year in any way I can and then I can transfer. He doesn't lose a year and still has his RS year. So he could literally be a 4th year RS Freshman for a new team with SEC QB experience. There's not many teams in the country who wouldn't be lining up trying to bring him in. I know of a certain Florida coach that would kill it with Shrader.
It?s funny to me that he?s at WR. Him being at WR is like Nolte in North Dallas Forty. I say that, bc my daughter says every time she sees him he?s having a smoke and is drunk or is heading in that direction. Before any of you snowflakes get your panties in a wad, I?m not criticizing the kid. It?s just a good comparison minus the pills/shit from NDF.
Fourth year RS So, but still a valid point. If he wants, he could pretty easily have an undergrad and two masters before he runs out of eligibility. Only reason to not play WR this year is if he thinks he'd be better served practicing at QB rather than playing at WR.
I hope he puts a plug in a lot of, "opinions." what ever position he plays.