We don’t have a problem with drops. It always amazes me how many of our fans don’t seem to understand what they are watching. When a WR is running wide open 20+ miles an hour and the ball is thrown 5 feet behind them, it takes three or four steps for them to stop their momentum. Then they are essentially throwing their hands back behind their body. That’s not the technique they are taught. They work on the fundamentals of route running and hand/body technique ever single day. But they don’t do drills where they are running a slant at full speed, and have the ball thrown 10 yards behind them. If Milton is going to remain the quarterback, maybe that’s the type drill our coaches should implement.
All you see on the TV screen is the ball arriving. You can tell it’s slightly off target but it’s still hits the receivers hands and some of our fans, then blame for execution on the play on the receiver, and expect him to catch it. That’s not how it works.
There was one blatant drop yesterday. It was thorton on the sidelines. In the first game, Kieten had a blatant drop. Out of 30 passes a game you’re going to get two or three drops. But the vast majority of the drops you are referring to were due to inaccurate passes.
While I believe we are dealing with a normal level of drops they are partially due to the inconsistency of Milton. He throws the ball differently ever pass. Sometimes it has loft on it. Sometimes it’s 130mph fastball.