3 Big Thoughts

It was supposed to be the twin peaks of Terrelle Pryor, Sr. and Josh Doctson owning the red zone with fades falling like rain drops.

- Rick Snider

RECEIVER DEPTH NOW ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESS

On second thought, somebody get the rest of the unit on the field.

Since offseason camps, Pryor’s hands have been awful. He hasn’t caught anything other than a highlight reel gimme in camp when defenders weren’t banging on him. If the ball isn’t perfect, and sometimes when it is, Pryor drops too many. Why, he even lost a perfect deep ball for a sure touchdown in the opener when saying he never saw it. Pryor only caught 6 of 11 balls thrown to him, which is the same 55 percent he caught last season in Cleveland when his 77 receptions were a little tainted when considering 140 balls were sent his way.

Meanwhile, Doctson is seemingly in coach Jay Gruden’s dog house. He played only 10 snaps against Philadelphia and never saw a pass. Gruden is finally learning some coach speak and didn’t outright say why the 2016 first-rounder who’s finally, finally healthy isn’t an offensive key, but the translation was Doctson needs to show more in practice. Frankly, there’s no excuse for that.

That the offensive line hasn’t looked in sync since the preseason, a startling matter given the quintet played together last season, is forcing quarterback Kirk Cousins to too often throw off his back heel or release the ball too early, resulting in mediocre performances since preseason’s start and certainly against Philadelphia. Given Cousins is trying to gain comfort with his receivers, being hurried is not a good thing.