Did he even get any snaps against UGA? He has had a few drops, but I still think he’s a great player.

My only guess is that he’s having trouble with the blocking schemes. But that’s just a shot in the dark.

How hard can the schemes be? We’re halfway through the season. For a freshman All-American who is now a sophmore how long should it take? He was practicing before he was even allowed by the NCAA to play, so it’s not like he just got here.

I’m not criticizing you, I would just like an explanation from someone on the staff as to why we aren’t trying to get the ball more to a supposed playmaker.

I’ll get back to this later, but it’s beddy-bye for me. But I wanted to thank you for stopping by before heading out.

I don’t have a clue how much water that “hasn’t picked up the offense” argument holds. I do, however, know that Stephens has been throwing almost exclusively to the wide receivers in the last two games. Against UGA, there was only one throw to a tight end the entire game (a completion to Stocker as the very last pass of the game). That is probably due to two things: (A) Stephens is still probably catching up on the offense himself; and (B) UNI and UGA were probably stacking the box against the run, which doesn’t leave a lot of room for a tight end to run. If either (or both) of those are playing a part in the lack of TE production, I would expect a continual increase in the amount of tight end action in the passing game.

Warren did play against UGA, though. I don’t know how many snaps he was involved in, though.

 two very good reasons why the (de)clawfense hasn’t used the TE’s well. i’ve been wondering if Claw has simply overlooked ALL the talent we have at that position (Warren, Stocker, Cottam).

Something along the lines of Clawson being intrigued by the depth he would have at his disposal at tight end which was something he had never had the luxury of before and perhaps might explain the lack of tight end calls in his base offense. (which I am still trying to figure out what that exactly is).
The main theory I have about our offensive struggles this year is that the majority of the off season was spent on implementing a new system and learning new terms. When you spend a lot of time on that you spend less time on fundamentals. IE handoffs, catching, throwing, all that good stuff.