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Message: [QUOTE="CbusCuse, post: 3961052, member: 507"] This is going on the 3rd year where the passing game is just really bad. I think i'm at the point where I wish they would have scrapped the offense and did something different. Even a mediocre offense would have us playing pretty well this year with our Defense playing as well as it is. But what we are seeing from the passing game is just not working schematically for whatever reason. Devito is the better pure passer and knows the offense better. His running ability has actually been OK this year which is nice. He still isn't good under pressure and good ACC teams are going to either blitz him or drop everyone into coverage giving him no open option to throw to. Then the pressure eventually gets to him, so he is going to get pressure either way. Getting Davis back at Guard should certainly help though as Tisdale has not looked awesome on passing downs. Hopefully that is this week. I would like to get Shrader a lot of play against Albany to get him some reps, get him comfortable and break him in. It seems like we need to change something and having his dual threat ability and his ability to stay alive longer in the pocket extending plays could help a lot. Also I really disliked seeing the WR depth chart to start the season when Sherod was our second outside WR. That made me lose some hope. We have to have a better option. He has been in the system so long we pretty much know what we have there upside wise. Maybe he is slightly better right now than others with his experience but in a couple games after games reps someone else would have to be better than him and would have to be the better decision. If not then we have certainly failed in recruiting. I'm sure they view the first 4 games of the season as the most critical though and are worried about playing someone without any experience. So maybe play some other WR this week against Albany and get them some experience? So i'd like to see Alford get the nod there. Ja'Vontae Williams was banged up right...is he still? And i'll add while we all like Benson's speed and potential to stretch the field in the passing game, if we aren't going to throw to him i'm not sure he should be the one playing. Mang seems better suited to how the position is being used. [/QUOTE]

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