My main problem has always been the rotation. It was never settled enough to give any of the guys any consistency or rhythm in a game. And also, injured guys kept playing, like North, without being productive. But in the specific case of North, maybe a back injury is just hard to diagnose.
Early in the Georgia game, I didn't like some of the WR sets. But i guess it worked out in the end, and...FINALLY, in the fourth year of Butch, we have a clearly identifiable one and two WR (Malone and Jennings), with I guess Smith being the slot guy. Williams is a good backup to Malone/Jennings.
I'd like to see more of Byrd, but otherwise pretty happy.
We really haven't been rotating as much this year. Till Saturday I had rarely seen Malone leave the field. Early on Jennings and Williams had been splitting snaps but Jennings was slowly gathering the Majority. In the slot, Smith got the clear majority till he missed the game now he and Byrd are splitting snaps and more than a few times are in the game together. I saw Brandon Johnson in for a couple of snaps Saturday but that is essentially the rotation. We ran a LOT of verticals Saturday. I suspect that is why we rotated more. But still 5 in a rotation with an occasional 6th is not much of a rotation.
My biggest issue is the lack of TE opportunities.
That being said the passing game has really improved the last two weeks. The receivers are getting open more consistently. We are being far more aggressive with the route trees. Dobbs threw Smith open down the seem, he was not open when the ball was released but he was open where the ball arrived. If Dobbs can keep that confidence level and execute more consistently then the passing game will explode.
