IlluminatusUIUC
10-04-2014, 12:05 PM
Someone pointed this out to me a few years ago, and it's held true quite often. When a team has to make a midseason switch to a backup QB, either for injury or performance, its often followed by a breakout performance by some bottom of the roster wideout or tight end. And the reason was pretty simple: Those guys had been practicing together on the 2nd team all that time, so the QB looks to the guy he knows.
Some examples:
Week 4: Teddy Bridgewater takes over for Matt Cassel in Minnesota. 2nd teamer Jarius Wright suddenly busts out for 8 catches/132 yards. More than Jennings/Patterson combined.
Week 4: Blake Bortles takes over for Chad Henne after week 3. Clay Harbor, who had been practicing with the second team while recovering from injury, goes 8/70.
I'm guessing either this week or next week we will see some ridiculous 6/90 type statline from either Easley or Hogan.
Some examples:
Week 4: Teddy Bridgewater takes over for Matt Cassel in Minnesota. 2nd teamer Jarius Wright suddenly busts out for 8 catches/132 yards. More than Jennings/Patterson combined.
Week 4: Blake Bortles takes over for Chad Henne after week 3. Clay Harbor, who had been practicing with the second team while recovering from injury, goes 8/70.
I'm guessing either this week or next week we will see some ridiculous 6/90 type statline from either Easley or Hogan.