Deke
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I don't think he had the route running skills to do that. All I saw was long-strides. In the pros, he'll improve that.
As for the conventional offense, those opportunities wouldn't have been long-yardage plays. Most modern offenses that pass 35+ times a game, as you suggest, rely on very short passes. Skinny recievers who get jammed up and cant run short routes or consistently catch the ball on third down aren't the best. So yeah, the drops do matter there too.
Our offense gave him the opportunity to develop into a decent blocker, notwithstanding the four big plays that his downfield blocking penalties negated, and put up big numbers.
6-7 opportunities a game in a conventional offense would not have given him more yards---because he wouldn't be averaging over 20 yards a catch.
He might get the opportunity to catch more balls in a pro-style offense. That doesn't mean more yards or that the drops are going to be acceptable.
I had a reply to your earlier post, but got tied up in some work. Basically, I don't think that Hill saying he is looking forward to playing in a pass oriented offense is any knock against GT's offense. He's just a football player saying he is looking forward to having more opportunities at touching the ball.