Big_D
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This whole “forcing the ball to Dez” mantra on this site is completely overstated.
Dak in his Rookie season said himself that hes not going to force the ball to anybody and will throw it to the open man. Most of what you saw was Dez being the best option on the pass play and the QB and him not being on the same page as to ball placement.
This was after his first career game when dez had only 1 catch in a loss to a division rival...
How is it over stated. He had 132 targets last year. It's not really a stretch to say you'll see those targets divided up. . I'm not blaming this on Dez, but the offense was stale and there was no chemistry. It was certainly a problem. I think the coaching sucks and Dez was just next in line on the scapegoat list. But the current WRs will not be force fed. I can see a few of them in the 60 targets range and Hurns maybe around 80. But 132 is a lot when it's not really working.