Was Colorado shading Chesson?

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From my memeory, I think he was only targeted once, or was this all on Speight? 

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Duval Wolverine

September 19th, 2016 at 7:48 AM ^

He was targeted a couple times but one was overthrown and the other he caught in the endzone but couldnt get his foot in bounds!  From what I saw, Colorado's corners were on an Island all day and did a great job sticking with both receivers, the only throw that could be made were back shoulder throws, which Speight is not ready to do yet!  I agree with most people, that those two are probably the two best corners our receivers will face all year, and did a better job covering them then even the Florida's all american corners from the bowl game!

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jmblue

September 19th, 2016 at 9:09 AM ^

Keep in mind that Chesson might not yet be 100% physically after his offseason injury.  He had a 100-yard game against the OSU secondary last year.

We're also fortunate to have possibly the best receiving TE in the country, as well as a staff that knows how to run an NFL-level passing game.

 

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Mr. Yost

September 19th, 2016 at 10:17 AM ^

He's fine...they have good corners and we have a QB who's nowhere near Citrus Bowl Rudock yet...who gives a shit. We won and Chesson had a huge impact in other ways (like scoring on a jet sweep.

We found ways to get him involved and into the endzone. They got blown out for 2.5 quarters...they can STFU and for us? Onward.

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IndyBlue90

September 19th, 2016 at 8:20 AM ^

I wonder if they time Chesson missed has created a deficit in chemistry with Speight. It seemed like every time Speight was hurried up his reaction was to chuck it at a very covered Darboh. I really hope they get Chesson on the same page because he's as much a game changing talent as Butt or Darboh, maybe more. 

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GratefulBlue

September 19th, 2016 at 12:22 PM ^

Curious to hear Brian's analysis, but it seemed like there were a lot of deep balls thrown to Darboh that he adjusted to very poorly. Not great throws, but throws where he didn't do much to help Speight out. I was frustrated Chesson didn't get a few more of those. 

Darboh seems like a guy who always gets a lot of fall practice hype, but in games he still looks like a posession receiver to me, whereas Chesson looks like a more polished deep threat.

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Prince Lover

September 19th, 2016 at 9:17 AM ^

I think the hit Speight took affected the game calling for the rest of the game. I do not know football like the majority of the posters here, but I think a combination of his arm strength after the hit along with the quality of corners combined to produce a below average output from Chesson.

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superstringer

September 19th, 2016 at 9:25 AM ^

OR.... maybe Speight's Just Not That Good.

I'm sorry, I'd say more, but I'm completely discombobulated by the steaming skinny brunette beauty immediately to the left in the "Dating Beautiful Russians" ad.  She's looking right at me so obviously she wants me, and she's amazingly hot and of course she's Russian cuz the ad says she is even though she kinda looks more Italian, and ... frankly guys what were we talking about?

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DrMantisToboggan

September 19th, 2016 at 9:23 AM ^

Speight actually made the perfect back shoulder throw to Chesson in the endzone, put it where only Jehu could get it.

Problem was that corner covered it so well that Chesson couldn't get his foot in. Their corners were all dudes, which is why we kept going back to Butt on that mesh route.

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stephenrjking

September 19th, 2016 at 9:32 AM ^

Speight barely threw at Awuzie all day, so I suspect that was part of the game plan. After the hit, several of his throws downfield looked terrible, considerably worse than what we've seen so far this season, so I think speculation that his arm was affected by the hit is reasonable. And if downfield was a tougher ask, that explains why the underneath routes continued to be the preferred targets. But the throws we did see downfield showed us covered receivers, and I agree with others that it was troubling. I think CO went with single coverage and it worked.

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