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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 36557, member: 27"]
I agree with you and others that the negativity shown towards Chew and Lemon is overboard.  I think both are good solid receivers with excellent hands.  Both are good blockers as well.

In addition, he is a good deep threat who rarely is well covered when he goes long.  The guy has fine speed.  Chew's effectiveness against a physical corner playing bump and run is limited.  That is the only negative I see with Van.

Lemon seems to be open all the time, even when RU was jumping slant routes.  Some guys have the knack of using their body to get open and stay open...Van isn't great at this but Alec does it well (this is what I like about the way Foster plays too).   Was disappointed Alec didn't get more balls thrown his way late in the game against Rutgers.  I think he is our best possession receiver in a long time.

Most teams use 5, 6, 7 or even 8 WRs in a regular rotation.  This is done in part to wear down the CBs covering the WRs.  Very hard to cover 30 script routes in a game against guys who only have to run 5 a game.

We have been using our starting WRs far more than most teams do.  Would be great if we could get good enough play from the backups to cut the starters playing time down so they are only playing say 30 or 40% of the snaps on offense.  I think that would help a lot.

If we can do that, if we take 6 to 8 shots down the field a game and if Nassib can hit on 2 or 3 of them (the WRs will be open, of that I am sure), the offense will be a lot more functional.
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