Five offensive players who may surprise..Crayton

[sonnyboy]

I've always "liked" Crayton. Liked is the key. I never loved his game.

He's the type of player you need and can help, but he has limitations. He's simply does little to put stress on a defense. You really can't expect much from him line up wide against a quality CB and even less going against a cover 2.

Assuming he stays healthy for all 16 games, I can see his production as a fairly accurate barometer on the effeciency and success of our offense.

The more balls thrown to him the more ordinary/average our offense will likely be.

If he catches 60 plus balls, we may be in trouble. That means one of a few bad things may have happended.

Austin, Williams, Bennett or Witten missed a lot of time with injury.

Austin and or Williams simply did not live up to expectations.


For this offense to really succeed as I see it, we need a few things to happen.

1) We need to run a lot of two TE sets and fewer 3 WR sets. Bennett must excel for this to work. He should catch 40 plus balls. Of course you're still going to want to highlight Witten's talent and see him catch 80 plus.

2) Williams needs to step up and play to his contract as a true #1. He should see 80 plus balls as well.

3) Austin also needs to step up. We need his speed to stretch the defense. He must prove valuable and command at least as many snaps as Crayton. We need him to catch as many balls as Crayton. 40 plus.

 

[Rampage]

I predict....... PAIN

:laugh2: sweet! I might have to get that shirt.

 

[proline]

are we watching the same game last year?

Getcher sarcasm detecter checked ...

 

[cobra]

I like how one bozo refers to Crayton's "MISTAKES" in the playoffs. Implying plural, or more than one, mistakes.

It was one freaking dropped ball. And it wasn't even a dropped ball that would have guarenteed a score or a victory. There's no guarentee that the catch would have made a big difference. It's like he dropped the game winning catch in the endzone. We were still far away from scoring.

I've never seen so many people so butt hurt over one potentially meaningless dropped pass.

 

[jterrell]

Crayton is a good fit on the list as someone who has been counted out but can and will contribute.

Crayton is a great fit on the list because:

A) He stays healthy.
B) He catches the ball.
C) He can find seems in the zone.
D) He isn't a top target of the defense.

Crayton is not a superstar and he really does talk too much but other than that the rest of the complaints in this thread are just silly. This guy simply performs. We hear all about Steve Smith of the Giants and Miles Austin of the Cowboys but neither guy can touch Crayton on a season's stats.

Remove head from sand and look at the stats.

Crayton is always available and he gets open. He will have a good year to be sure.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

I like how one bozo refers to Crayton's "MISTAKES" in the playoffs. Implying plural, or more than one, mistakes.

It was one freaking dropped ball. And it wasn't even a dropped ball that would have guarenteed a score or a victory. There's no guarentee that the catch would have made a big difference. It's like he dropped the game winning catch in the endzone. We were still far away from scoring.

I've never seen so many people so butt hurt over one potentially meaningless dropped pass.

Actually it was one dropped pass and one messed up route, but I've forgiven him.

 

[Four]

the saddest part of the site now is that no matter how outrageous I make my comments there are still people who take them seriously becase there are actually people here now that are that stupid.

it really is a shame.

I blame superpunk.

 

[jterrell]

I've always "liked" Crayton. Liked is the key. I never loved his game.

He's the type of player you need and can help, but he has limitations. He's simply does little to put stress on a defense. You really can't expect much from him line up wide against a quality CB and even less going against a cover 2.

Assuming he stays healthy for all 16 games, I can see his production as a fairly accurate barometer on the effeciency and success of our offense.

The more balls thrown to him the more ordinary/average our offense will likely be.

If he catches 60 plus balls, we may be in trouble. That means one of a few bad things may have happended.

Austin, Williams, Bennett or Witten missed a lot of time with injury.

Austin and or Williams simply did not live up to expectations.


For this offense to really succeed as I see it, we need a few things to happen.

1) We need to run a lot of two TE sets and fewer 3 WR sets. Bennett must excel for this to work. He should catch 40 plus balls. Of course you're still going to want to highlight Witten's talent and see him catch 80 plus.

2) Williams needs to step up and play to his contract as a true #1. He should see 80 plus balls as well.

3) Austin also needs to step up. We need his speed to stretch the defense. He must prove valuable and command at least as many snaps as Crayton. We need him to catch as many balls as Crayton. 40 plus.

All of that would be fine Sonny if it were accurate.

Problem is, it isn't. Offensive success is about efficiency. You attempt a pass, you complete a pass, first down = good. You attempt a pass, WR drops ball or runs wrong route = bad.

Crayton has been amongst the most efficient WRs over the past 3 seasons when it comes to catches per attempt.

So Crayton is on the field because he stays healthy and when you throw to him he tends to make a reception. That = good.

Crayton caught 39 passes last year in 70 attempts for 550 yards and 4 TDs.
Plax Burress caught 35 balls in 66 targets for 4 TDs and 454 yards.

Michael Irvin wasn't a speed demon and he didn't score many TDs. Yet all we did was win Super Bowls because when he was targeted he caught the ball and got first downs.