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I've OD'ed on OD

Owen fumbles pretty much every game. I know he's a "possession" tight end, but he needs to possess the ball AFTER catching the ball as well.

What happened to Putzier? He was Kubes' boy at one point. OD is making me sick. He doesn't score TD's, he's good for a few catches, a few yards, and a fumble a game.
 

GuerillaBlack

Hall of Fame
If OD had just held on, we could have came out with at least three points. That really made me sick. He should have just held on to the ball and went down with the tackle. I don't know what he was doing.
 
C

Ckw

Guest
Yeah Owen is really letting me down. He single handedly put us out of this game. The refs blatantly missing holding calls also isn't helping.
 

Allstar

Bona fide
Fumbling is never acceptable, but Owen does catch the ball over the middle and Schaub sets him up for some monster hits much more than any other receiver.
 
Fumbling is never acceptable, but Owen does catch the ball over the middle and Schaub sets him up for some monster hits much more than any other receiver.
The problem is that a lot of his fumbles aren't on monster hits. They're usually border-line fumbles where he lets the ball out right before he hits the ground.
 

adam

Guero
I think it's time to see what Dreessen can do. He has more TD receptions than OD and couldn't possibly have a worse fumble/dropping problem.
 

Leahmic223

Veteran
Fumbling is never acceptable, but Owen does catch the ball over the middle and Schaub sets him up for some monster hits much more than any other receiver.
Not really a excuse, he's TE, he should expect balls over the middle and guys hitting hard.

I am tired of this, his fumbles cause us football games.
 

TheRealJoker

Hall of Fame
He also dropped a ball on a key 3rd down play inside the 5 early in the game. It was a monster hit, but he's gotta make catches like that if we're gonna win games like this.
 

nunusguy

Hall of Fame
Mine too. :(

But OD just got his first TD FWIW.
Not much because the game is over at that point.
Like somebody said earlier in the thread, some of Daniels fumbles come with
minimul or no contact. And he's fumbling at key times in the game. They are killers.
 

buddyboy

Rookie
I think it's time to see what Dreessen can do. He has more TD receptions than OD and couldn't possibly have a worse fumble/dropping problem.
You can't be serious. OD is one of the better TEs in the league, albeit he fumbles a lot. He bails us out of so many situations, he's open over the middle of the field and had 80 yards recieving and a TD today. I think you are overreacting WAY WAY too much. Who cares how many TDs Dreessen has? He basically has 2 catches and 2 TDs. O. M. G. I guess that means he catches a TD every reception, huh? OD needs to fix his fumbling problem, but he is still one of the bright spots on our offense.
 

adam

Guero
You can't be serious. OD is one of the better TEs in the league, albeit he fumbles a lot. He bails us out of so many situations, he's open over the middle of the field and had 80 yards recieving and a TD today. I think you are overreacting WAY WAY too much. Who cares how many TDs Dreessen has? He basically has 2 catches and 2 TDs. O. M. G. I guess that means he catches a TD every reception, huh? OD needs to fix his fumbling problem, but he is still one of the bright spots on our offense.
Oh yes, he bailed us out really well today didn't he? A dropped pass inside the 5 and a fumble at a crucial part of the game. Also, to throw his stats around is sort of silly. The TD was in garbage time and I highly doubt that Dreessen would be incapable of getting open. All I am saying is, why start someone who can't handle the ball. He has 4 fumbles on the year and 51 receptions. That is roughly an average of 1 fumble for every 13 catches. This does not even take into consideration all of the dropped passes. Why not give Dreessen a chance? Kubiak seems to have eliminated Joe Echemandu for much less, why should Owen Daniels be safe? Truth is, despite being a decent recieving TE, he can't be counted on in a clutch situation. Not to mention he is a pretty sorry blocker. Did anyone else see him get blown up by Wimberly today? We should play our best players, Owen Daniels isn't doing much to keep himself safe from competition.
 

buddyboy

Rookie
Oh yes, he bailed us out really well today didn't he? A dropped pass inside the 5 and a fumble at a crucial part of the game. Also, to throw his stats around is sort of silly. The TD was in garbage time and I highly doubt that Dreessen would be incapable of getting open. All I am saying is, why start someone who can't handle the ball. He has 4 fumbles on the year and 51 receptions. That is roughly an average of 1 fumble for every 13 catches. This does not even take into consideration all of the dropped passes. Why not give Dreessen a chance? Kubiak seems to have eliminated Joe Echemandu for much less, why should Owen Daniels be safe? Truth is, despite being a decent recieving TE, he can't be counted on in a clutch situation. Not to mention he is a pretty sorry blocker. Did anyone else see him get blown up by Wimberly today? We should play our best players, Owen Daniels isn't doing much to keep himself safe from competition.
Um...the throwing his stats around was supposed to be silly, since you said that Dreessen had more TDs than him, and therefore is an upgrade over OD...
 

nut

Veteran
Owen Daniels is not the biggest problem this team has. He is actually one of the better players we have at any position, although that is not saying much. So he had a lousy game. Start at the top if you want to find the blame.
 

wicked_wayz

all blacks
You can't be serious. OD is one of the better TEs in the league, albeit he fumbles a lot. He bails us out of so many situations, he's open over the middle of the field and had 80 yards recieving and a TD today. I think you are overreacting WAY WAY too much. Who cares how many TDs Dreessen has? He basically has 2 catches and 2 TDs. O. M. G. I guess that means he catches a TD every reception, huh? OD needs to fix his fumbling problem, but he is still one of the bright spots on our offense.
totally agree with this
 

adam

Guero
Um...the throwing his stats around was supposed to be silly, since you said that Dreessen had more TDs than him, and therefore is an upgrade over OD...
The reason I brought up the Dreessen's TDs was to point out Daniels inability to find the endzone, not to highlight Dreessen's superiority. Hell, I really have no preference to Dreessen. I wouldn't mind having Putzier back. I would just really like to have a TE target for Schaub (who seems to like throwing to his TEs) who fumble the ball every 13 catches and drop the pass everytime he gets hit.
 

wicked_wayz

all blacks
Yeah Owen is really letting me down. He single handedly put us out of this game. The refs blatantly missing holding calls also isn't helping.
single handedly put us out of the game???? although he did fumble, i wouldnt say OD was the reason we lost today....our d line was getting runned on all day
 

AnthonyE

Lurker
single handedly put us out of the game???? although he did fumble, i wouldnt say OD was the reason we lost today....our d line was getting runned on all day

I agree, Allowing anything over 80 yards to Jamaal Lewis is just plain silly.

And allowing 134 yards to him is just plain ridiculous.
 

BigBull17

Hall of Fame
i like owen, don't like matt throwing the ball to the other team
Owen needs some work though. that cant really be disputed. Kinda like Tiki Barber, he needs to learn how to carry a ball. And though Schaub nees to work on the underthrows, Dre didnt really help him out too much. He didnt even try to come back to the ball on that one. No excuse for your Pro Bowl WR not to come back to the ball on that.
 

TexansSeminole

Hall of Fame
I don't understand how you could ask for another TE to start over OD. He is a damn good tight end and has had some problems fumbling, most players go through tough times. Other than his fumbling I see no problems in his game. Benching him would be another stupid decision to add to the list of stupid decisions this coaching staff has made throughout the year.
 

dskillz

Waterboy
Right when he caught the ball I said to myself, "I hope he doesn't fumble." Oh well.
So YOU jinxed him!!!!

I was thinking the same thing....:(


If the team can't depend on you not to fumble, then you won't be seeing much of the ball. OD is just going to have to work hard on holding on to it, like Tiki did in NY. He is a great player, but that fumble did change momentum of the game.
 

IlliniJen

Hall of Fame
Tiki and Ahman both had fumbling problems, but I think that's something you can definitely work on. I know Tiki did it by changing the way he carried the ball. Ahman's issue was he rarely switched the ball to his outside arm when he cut outside, so it was easy for folks to swipe at the ball when they made tackles...I don't really know if he ever fixed that since you can't really have a fumbling problem if you're sitting on the bench in your Sunday "inactive" sweats.

As for OD, I really don't understand how people are calling for another TE. OD is the best we have at that position, and he's a damn good NFL TE at that. Fumbling is a huge issue with him, but he's in his second year and has time to work on protecting the ball, just as Schaub will have time to work on not hanging his receivers out to dry with high thrown balls.
 

PapaL

Loose Screw
Protecting the ball isn't something that is just now taught and learned at the pro level; this is football 101 basic things. This "issue" shouldn't be minimalzed just because he's our best TE. A fumble recovered by the Defense puts our best TE and the rest of the Offense on....the sidelines.
 

IlliniJen

Hall of Fame
Protecting the ball isn't something that is just now taught and learned at the pro level; this is football 101 basic things. This "issue" shouldn't be minimalzed just because he's our best TE. A fumble recovered by the Defense puts our best TE and the rest of the Offense on....the sidelines.
Better technique CAN be taught at the pro level. Unless you want to discount Tiki cutting down on fumbles by the way he held the ball. Fumble protection is constantly worked on by a number of teams, with slap drills and such. Just because it's something that should be more fundamental doesn't mean it isn't constantly worked on and improved. Isn't that the nature of the game?

Don't let frustration overrule logic.
 

dskillz

Waterboy
Protecting the ball isn't something that is just now taught and learned at the pro level; this is football 101 basic things.
I agreed with that until I saw Tiki cut down his fumbles when he was at one time a fumbling machine. OD needs to work on it and he will get better.
 

PapaL

Loose Screw
Better technique CAN be taught at the pro level. Unless you want to discount Tiki cutting down on fumbles by the way he held the ball. Fumble protection is constantly worked on by a number of teams, with slap drills and such. Just because it's something that should be more fundamental doesn't mean it isn't constantly worked on and improved. Isn't that the nature of the game?

Don't let frustration overrule logic.
I'm not frustrated - Logic is that once a game OD is going to T.O. the ball.

The difference between Tiki and OD is that Tiki got the ALL the time and fumbled sometimes. OD gets the ball sometimes and fumbles a lot of the time.

By all means keep trying to help the guy out with football 101, but until he can secure the ball the few times he touches he shouldn't be touching it as much. We're not good enough to overcome multiple mistakes in a game.
 

DerekLee1

Veteran
Yeah Owen is really letting me down. He single handedly put us out of this game. The refs blatantly missing holding calls also isn't helping.
The (non)call that hurt us the most was the one where Anderson stepped a yard over the line of scrimmage and threw a pass. It was incomplete, but without the penalty, they were able to continue the drive with a short field and ultimately scored their go-ahead TD.
 
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