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Mario confirms existence of Greentree Lofton

RAJCane said:
I believe Lofton would have much more production if Dawson designed more plays to have the TE’s a primary option. Hard to be too critical of Dawson’s offense but it has always been focused on the slot receiver. When Lofton has been targeted, he has made some big plays.
I really believe we are missing a big opportunity by not using Lofton as a receiver out of the backfield in 3rd down situations. He would be a matchup nightmare for defenses to deal with if he was in the backfield.
I wonder if Dawson is holding back some wrinkles to bring out later in the season. I still believe there are opportunities to use Lofton or Toney out of the backfield to give the defense a different look to defend.
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This is one thing i remember Rhett Lashlee did a really good job when he was the OC here. designed plays to get specific players open and the ball in space, he would always dial up a great play. Dawson needs to draw up a few plays a game specifically for Lofton
 
DMoney said:
On Lofton: “You’re starting to see some of the things that we’ve always seen in practice. He’s a really tough, hard-working, physical, athletic guy. Again, I’m not even going to bother praising him because you’ve seen him in practice. He’s getting better. He doesn’t care about all that other stuff. He wants to kick butt, get better and win football games. So I’m really, really proud and happy he’s on our team.”
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Need to use him like they did Njoku. Split him out wide.
 
Our downfield passing game has been lacking at times especially when we play defenses with a pulse (WF and Clemson). Maybe that has something to do with the inconsistent play from our OL. Dunno.

Lofton’s resurgence will help. I’d also love to see Wingo and Jacobs get more reps. We need to stretch teams vertically. It just “feels” like we are a more mid to short range passing attack right now trying to stretch teams horizontally to open up our running game.
 
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