Receiver has many definitions and after watching Kentucky’s game last night vs. Western Kentucky I wanted to double check what it actually means.
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[TD=”width: 60%”][B]noun[/B] /riˈsēvər/
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[*]A player who catches a pass or a kick
[*]A person who gets or accepts something that has been sent or given to them
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Kentucky’s wide receivers were far from satisfying this defintion last night as La’Rod King and Matt Roark, guys that have been around the program for a while, could not make a big play when the Cats needed one. Morgan Newton put the ball right in both “receivers” hands on accurate passes down field and the only thing caught was dejection.
I asked Joker Phillips about the wide receivers’ drops on a teleconference today and you could tell if things don’t change, the depth chart might.
“We have to find a group of wide receivers that are going to make plays,” Phillips said. “If we have to bring up a freshman to do that we will.”
Phillips also made a point to say that these are experienced guys who are not meeting expectations, “These are old guys not making these plays.”
Many fans were really down on Morgan Newton, but with these passes being dropped one would have to think his confidence would be shaken, but Coach Phillips felt like it is part of the game.
“I hope it doesn’t hurt his confidence,” Phillips said. “You are going to have drops in a game.”
Everyone knows that drops here and there happen, but it seemed last night every drop could have broken the game wide open.
If the Kentucky wideouts don’t start meeting the standard definition of what a receiver is, the only passes Kentucky is going to catch is when bowl committees start looking somewhere else.
