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If defenses are giving him underneath routes, we need to keep going to them until they’re forced to adjust. A steady diet of short sideline routes to Beckham, running Chubb up the gut, and quick passes to Hunt all day long!
Except we do nothing but use vertical routes for everyone. I’d have traded Beckham before deadline with his performance this year. 6 drops which I’d call 7 because of the TD drop against the Bills. For the price we paid he’s supposed to catch that
Freedom!!!
He’s had a few drops, but most of them are the result of the off-balance way he’s being forced to contort and catch the ball while covered. And I agree he should -and can- catch most of those. It will come, I think he’s just pressing a bit as our offense had struggled to get going (mostly as a result of inept playcalling, IMHO). Let’s not confuse OBJ for Braylon Edwards…the ball isn’t hitting him square in the chest and winding up on the turf three times per game.
As for the only calling vertical routes…I wish I could argue there. We have the best receiver in the league at catching the ball over and around tight coverage, who is also lethal in open space. We should be running short outs, comebacks, quick slants…instead we just have him streaking down the sideline with the ball flying over his head.
I’m hoping this is the week. Kitchens doesn’t fill me with confidence, however.
I disagree with both of you. I think OBJ’s strength is getting open and breaking away in mid to long passes. He excels in making contested catches and busting coverages. I want to puke every time I see him running a 3 yard out. It feels to me like driving a Ferrari in a school zone. Plus even if he isn’t catching the ball and even if it isn’t thrown to him he is taking double coverage deep with him. He keeps that FS 20 yards deep on almost every play which totally takes them out of run coverage. A lot of the success we’ve had rushing the ball is due to OBJ’s deep routes.
My main issues with OBJ are twofold. First, he needs to make those catches you guys mentioned. We didn’t pay him to drop a ball that he gets both hands on. Secondly it’s very apparent that he currently has ZERO chemistry with Baker. I believe that OBJ’s routes are often improvised (in other words sloppy). He’s not where Baker expects him to be. That leads to trust issues and interceptions. Once these two get on the same page we’ll be a much better football team.
My main issue is he doesn’t play through the whistle, and he slows up when the ball is in the air. There’s been a couple over throws where if he runs the whole route full speed, the ball is placed perfectly.
And landry, I feel like, gives it max effort every play. OBJ, he’ll block on a run play, but after his initial block, or on a pass play where the ball isn’t going to him, I see him loafing. A lot.
A perfect example was last weekend, baker overthrew OBJ. Clearly. Ball wasn’t catchable for him. So he just stopped, and the DB had an uncontested chance to reel in the pick. Beckham should have at least jumped to make it harder, tried to ply a little defense. Instead, he literally stood there and watched.
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