Tez Johnson finally bacK?
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:58 am
Based on his latest IG post, it sure looks like Tez Johnson is back practicing.
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No doubt. Chemistry was off.Alan wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:48 pm I hope so! He has been missed even with all the other great WR's we have, he's a play maker.
This is a concern. Trevor Matich spoke about it on ESPN saying that Oregon's inability to stretch the field vertically, with the exception of Evan Stewart, was due to Tez being out.UOducksTK1 wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 1:33 pmNo doubt. Chemistry was off.Alan wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:48 pm I hope so! He has been missed even with all the other great WR's we have, he's a play maker.
It was less a personnel issue and more a scheme (high safeties covering the deep ball) issue. We had to dink and dunk, which is actually something Johnson is great at helping at, but I don't think we would have stretched the field much more with him.SuperDuck wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2024 2:32 pmThis is a concern. Trevor Matich spoke about it on ESPN saying that Oregon's inability to stretch the field vertically, with the exception of Evan Stewart, was due to Tez being out.UOducksTK1 wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 1:33 pmNo doubt. Chemistry was off.Alan wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:48 pm I hope so! He has been missed even with all the other great WR's we have, he's a play maker.
The Wisconsin secondary was able to cover our receivers well enough that it forced Dillon Gabriel into constantly being under pressure.
It's shocking to me that guys like Traeshon Johnson wasn't consistently able to get open. Kenyon Sadiq also only had one catch.
As good as Ferguson has been this year, he's dropped apx half of the balls thrown his way since he came back from illness.
I'm not trying to be negative, I'm just sayin'.
Could be. But what’s weird is Russell Wilson misses wide open guys over the middle, not outside. While DG misses guys running routs outside.Phalanx wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2024 11:42 am Is it possible that DG just lacks downfield vision and Tez ran routes that were more in Gabriel's wheelhouse? He really seems to miss seeing open receivers fairly often.
I agree about Gabriel’s vision but Tez is also so reliable that Gabriel has gotten away with locking in on him on so many key plays cause Tez always gets open.Phalanx wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2024 11:42 am Is it possible that DG just lacks downfield vision and Tez ran routes that were more in Gabriel's wheelhouse? He really seems to miss seeing open receivers fairly often.