Surprisingly one of the biggest issues for the Yeti thus far has been a severe lack of offense in many of the games to this point. Part of that lack of offensive production has been very few explosive plays from a once incredibly dynamic passing attack. One possible cause for this lack of explosive plays, and by changing it a potential solution to increased productivity on the offensive side of the ball, is the drastically high rate of short completions, especially to players who are known deep threats. In particular, it seems as though Cole Maxwell is being horribly misused this season as his average catch has dropped a full 4 yards per reception from the previous year, including games with averages of 9.5 (W4), 7.7 (W5), 7 (W6), and 7.3 (W8) with the team going 1-3 in those weeks, the lone win being week 4 where the team only managed 20 points. When Cole is used as a deep threat and has an average over 10 yards per catch the team is 3-1, with the lone loss being to Baltimore in Week 2 where the Yeti still put up 31 points. Sometimes its as simple as let best players do the things they do best to get the best results
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