Bottom line is that we have the worst receiving corps in the B12 by a wide margin. Maybe the worst in the P5 - certainly bottom 5 or 10. Yes drops happen to everyone but TCU is the only team I have watched where any given well-thrown pass is still a tossup and where off-target but catchable balls are going in the dirt 90% of the time.
they can’t (or don’t) catch the ball.
they can’t (or don’t) run good routes. Some of that is on Cumbie for not designing good plays with mismatches (and most of our success seems to come on those rare occasions), but mostly it’s bad route running.
they can’t (or don’t, or won’t) block down the field. We’ve had to completely abandon the screen passing game for the simple reason that not a single wide receiver on this team is capable of blocking anyone, even a DB that is 6” shorter and 40 lbs lighter. This also has an impact on our running game since safeties and corners are never blocked and are able to make plays.
to sum up: they can’t run good routes, they can’t get open, they can’t catch, and they can’t block.
it’s coaching, it’s recruiting, it’s leadership. It sucks