The receivers will be a strength . . . next year. This year, they are crashing the offense. They are simply unable to catch and hold on to the ball with enough consistency. And so, I think it's time to take drastic measures. MSU cannot survive without a passing game, but they can't rely on the current group of receivers. What to do, then?
I think it's time to put guys in there that can catch the ball and hold on to it, regardless of what position they were intended to play. I'm talking about guys like Lawrence Thomas and I'm talking about getting more tight ends and running backs in there. Whatever! All hands on deck!
LT has caught every reasonable pass thrown at him thus far, and Andrew Gleichert seems to have some decent hands. Why not throw some more passes their way? I don't know what the other tight ends look like, but if any one of them is showing good hands at the practices, the coaches need to consider using them instead of the receivers. I don't care if they have to burn redshirts!
Can Nick Hill catch the ball? I know Caper is supposed to have decent hands -- though he did drop one earlier this season. What about the other running backs?
I hate to say it, but MSU needs to look at what UM has done with their receivers. Coming into this season, UM's receiving situation looked to be about as bad as MSU's. Then they converted a quarterback into an adequate receiver and started a freshman tight end. Suddenly, their receiving situation looks much better than MSU's.
Look, MSU's receivers are very talented and should actually be spectacular next year. But the inexperience is obviously a problem. If MSU wants to win even 8 games this year, they need to stop banging their head against a wall and try something different. It might be as simple as using 2 tight ends more often, or dumping the ball off to LT 3 or 4 times a game. I don't know, but something has to change.
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