Notebook: Receivers earning Brantley's trust

[O-town Gator]

"Their stats don’t stand out on paper, but Florida’s receiving corps is starting to come around.

Six different receivers combined for 11 catches in Florida’s 31-17 win at Tennessee last Saturday, accounting for 133 yards and one touchdown. Though the yards and scores are far from eye-popping, coach Urban Meyer said this group is improving in areas beyond catches and yards."

More: http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100920/articles/100929953

 

[The Zooker]

How do you not trust your receivers? I don't think it's an important matter. You're the QB. You throw them the ball and they either catch it or they don't. The folks you have to actually trust are your linemen. You have to trust that they are sustaining their blocks so that you can feel comfortable in the line. You have to trust your RB to pick up that extra rusher if necessary. But I just don't see the need to trust your WR's. They either catch it or they don't. Either way it doesn't really affect you other than your stats.

 

[Lifelong Gator]

If the reciever keeps dropping the ball or running the wrong route It's in the back of the QB's mind

 

[DRU2012]

Thought For the Day

In keeping with the K.I.S.S. principle I'm sticking with a single thought-statement for the next 24 hrs.:

STRETCH THE FIELD.

I repeat: Stretch. The. Field.

 

[O-town Gator]

It's time for Brantley to elevate his game: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/sep/25/its-time-for-brantley-to-elevate-his-game/sports-colleges-gators/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tbo%2Fgators+%28TBO+%3E+Gators%29

 

[GainesvillebornNraised]

If the reciever keeps dropping the ball or running the wrong route It's in the back of the QB's mind

we cant tell if they are tho

sometimes but mostly the cameras dont show much outside of where the ball is going

and i agree stretch the field for once lets go deep on first down for a home run why not its ky

 

[DRU2012]

Sometimes it's just plain obvious, like when two receivers end up at the same spot on third-and-long...same time as the BALL arrives there, no less.
Just sayin'. (Then again, this is exactly the kind of thing that can be easily fixed with work, repetition in practice--most of all, ya gotta stay with it in this kind of offense; with a pure passer and a balanced running attack, the idea is to put the opposing defense in the position of "pick your poison", with no guarantee even then that we'll do what you THINK you're "daring" us to do.)