Gonzo and the slot

by metal_militia on Nov 24, 2008 5:24 PM EST Comment 1 comment

based off of last nights game and some of the previous games dating back to week 9 against New England, I we are starting to see Gonzalez develope into the slot receiver we projected him to be the day he was drafted.

Yesterday, Gonzo caught 4 passes on third down for 67 yards and a touchdown converting all third downs with those catches. Prior to this game, we kept seeing that Gonzo consistently got open on third downs, but was neglected. Now that Manning is starting to notice he gets open, we are finally starting to see the rebirth of the three wide, single back formation the Colts used to use when Stokely was our slot. The more continuity we get with this formation and the more we back to form on offense, you can start to expect the big numbers we are used to seeing and the slot receiver (gonzo) being our first down machine again.

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The Colts can use all three recievers wherever whether its out wide or in the slot. Its good to see Gonzalez getting more catches in the slot and it seems he’s becoming more comfortable. I think this use of variations of WRs in the slot provides more difficulty for the opponents defense and will become more lethal as the season goes on.

by ColtsFanNChiTown on Nov 24, 2008 6:09 PM EST reply actions 0 recs