And the main reason is their lack of experience. Damon Griffin is the most experienced, with one prior year and 12 pro catches. But he has been inactive for five of the nine games. He, too, is a second-year guy, but he had only three catches last season. Then come rookies Dugans, Peter Warrick and Danny Farmer.
Inexperience breeds route-running problems.
It's the adjustment that doesn't get made that makes the quarterback look bad. They might throw different things at you. A lot of teams have been blitzing us a lot, doing different stunts on the line, and maybe I might see it and maybe the quarterback might not see it. It takes time,'' receivers coach Steve Mooshagian said. Everything is kind of a learning thing right now.