Wrong Route For MartinSeptember 23rd, 2013
Joe gets that Doug Martin likely is a better No. 3 receiver than Kevin Ogletree, but that doesn’t say much.
Martin hasn’t shown good pass-catching skills all season yet the Bucs now seem to have added deep routes for Martin into the offense.
Joe doesn’t like it, which is why Joe posted the picture above from yesterday’s heinous loss to the Patriots. Martin doesn’t have the size, speed or leaping ability to be running post routes that are anything more than a decoy hoping for a breakdown in coverage.
The window to throw Martin the football is awfully tight, not Josh Freeman’s strength.
The Bucs would be better served finding a way to toss Martin successful swing passes, screen passes and checkdowns. It’s a mystery why that doesn’t happen.