Steve Johnson to get more involved in offense?

[BillsWin]

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/reeds-understudies-at-wide-receiver/2fb7e709-4aa2-4410-9619-3dfabdb17c14

Its looking like the article I wrote could be coming true...

http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/showthread.php?t=164019

[OpIv37]

Re: Steve Johnson to get more involved in offense?

if Hardy's not ready, how could Johnson possibly be ready?

[BillsWin]

Re: Steve Johnson to get more involved in offense?

if Hardy's not ready, how could Johnson possibly be ready?

We wont know until he gets a chance

And who says Hardy isnt ready? hes had some first down catches. Hes dropped a few, but hes improving.

Johnson gets a chance this week. What if he lights it up? what if he doesnt?
The Bills need another threat is all Im saying. Johnson could help in that department.

[OpIv37]

Re: Steve Johnson to get more involved in offense?

We wont know until he gets a chance

And who says Hardy isnt ready? hes had some first down catches. Hes dropped a few, but hes improving.

Johnson gets a chance this week. What if he lights it up? what if he doesnt?
The Bills need another threat is all Im saying. Johnson could help in that department.

Hardy did look better against the Fish last week, but I don't think he's ready simply because he's not getting the reps. Before Reed went out on Sunday, they had Parrish in instead of him in a red zone situation. Why would you go with a 5'6" receiver in the red zone instead of a 6'5" receiver unless the 6'5" isn't ready?

[BillsWin]

Re: Steve Johnson to get more involved in offense?

Hardy did look better against the Fish last week, but I don't think he's ready simply because he's not getting the reps. Before Reed went out on Sunday, they had Parrish in instead of him in a red zone situation. Why would you go with a 5'6" receiver in the red zone instead of a 6'5" receiver unless the 6'5" isn't ready?

did we throw in the redzone? I dont remember. I thought we ran it.

Hardy isnt "ready" in the sense that he hasnt mastered everything yet. Certain routes, blocking. But I think he is "ready" in the sense that you can put him out there, throw the ball up and 8-9 times out of 10 he'll get the ball. I think we will see drops go down as the season rolls on, and next year he'll really take off. Hell, we get to the playoffs and it might click for him! As for Johnson, we cant really judge him. But so far hes been good. Thrown to once, caught once for 8 yards. lol. I say throw him in there, if he sucks you can take him out and have Jenkins play. We dont know how ready either is until we turn em lose.

[bigbub2352]

Re: Steve Johnson to get more involved in offense?

at 6ft 6 he should have mastered 2 routes the slant inside when not in the endzone and the slant in the endzone to the outside pop warner teaches that
that is just bad coaching it was open all day from the stands u could see it how they couldnt i am not sure
Steve Johnson should have had playing time already jenkins has done nothing on STs this season to warrant a start over him, and Roscoe cant get open so what is it gonna hurt get him in there more weapons

[streetkings01]

Re: Steve Johnson to get more involved in offense?

Hardy did look better against the Fish last week, but I don't think he's ready simply because he's not getting the reps. Before Reed went out on Sunday, they had Parrish in instead of him in a red zone situation. Why would you go with a 5'6" receiver in the red zone instead of a 6'5" receiver unless the 6'5" isn't ready?

I thought Parrish was 5'9 3/4?

[bigbub2352]

Re: Steve Johnson to get more involved in offense?

Hardy did look better against the Fish last week, but I don't think he's ready simply because he's not getting the reps. Before Reed went out on Sunday, they had Parrish in instead of him in a red zone situation. Why would you go with a 5'6" receiver in the red zone instead of a 6'5" receiver unless the 6'5" isn't ready?

exactly!!! great post its called bad coaching

[yordad]

Re: Steve Johnson to get more involved in offense?

“This is what we do and that’s why you have backups,” said Jenkins. “And I’m happy to go in there and get grimy with those guys because they’re going to try to take us lightly. They’ll see a new guy in there and they’re going to try to come downhill on us. So it’s going to be fun for the first quarter and a half letting them get to know me a little bit.”

I like the sound of it.

[OpIv37]

Re: Steve Johnson to get more involved in offense?

I thought Parrish was 5'9 3/4?

He's officially listed at 5'9" but people who have seen him up close say he's closer to 5'6".

Official height and weight listings by the team are often exaggerated. WR's and QB's are often listed as taller and heavier than they are in reality, defensive tackles tend to be listed lighter than their actual weight.

[OpIv37]

Re: Steve Johnson to get more involved in offense?

did we throw in the redzone? I dont remember. I thought we ran it.

Hardy isnt "ready" in the sense that he hasnt mastered everything yet. Certain routes, blocking. But I think he is "ready" in the sense that you can put him out there, throw the ball up and 8-9 times out of 10 he'll get the ball. I think we will see drops go down as the season rolls on, and next year he'll really take off. Hell, we get to the playoffs and it might click for him! As for Johnson, we cant really judge him. But so far hes been good. Thrown to once, caught once for 8 yards. lol. I say throw him in there, if he sucks you can take him out and have Jenkins play. We dont know how ready either is until we turn em lose.

I honestly don't remember if we ran or passed on that play- I just remember seeing Reed, Evans and Parrish and wondering why Hardy wasn't in there.

Good points on the rest of it.

[trapezeus]

Re: Steve Johnson to get more involved in offense?

how many times have the bills been burned by a no name hack player? Wouldn't it be great if we could do that to another team just once. Can you imagine if Jenkins gets like 10 catches for 200 yards and 2 TDs? We've let other teams do it, why can't we get that. We're due.

[Luisito23]

Re: Steve Johnson to get more involved in offense?

Can you imagine if Jenkins gets like 10 catches for 200 yards and 2 TDs?

...Sure...

[Stewie]

Re: Steve Johnson to get more involved in offense?

if Hardy's not ready, how could Johnson possibly be ready?

because they are two different people?

[TigerJ]

Re: Steve Johnson to get more involved in offense?

if Hardy's not ready, how could Johnson possibly be ready?

Hardy is probably going to get more touches than he has, but he has a different kind of body than Reed, and that dictates a little different role, particularly with respect to blocking. I think Reed is a little like a basketball player who gets a lot of easy baskets because he's small and bigger players don't notice himd down low, or the hockey player who hangs around the net and gets a lot of rebound goals even though he's not the flashiest skater, and doesn't have magical stick handling skills. Reed is never going to be a star, but he's a role player, and the role he plays is pretty important. Hardy is going to create a role for himself over time, but it's a different role than Reed plays.