McNair is battling back from a sore shoulder and wants to play against the Ravens on Oct. 7. But whether or not it's McNair or O'Donnell, neither has shown a great rapport with the team's receiving corps yet. And while that has been about his output in the previous two Septembers, he has yet to show the explosion into the hole of years past. He is coming off toe surgery that kept him out of the team's offseason workouts and has regained his power, but his stride still seems a bit off. Dyson is the only wide receiver with more than four catches this season, while only Mason and Erron Kinney have touchdown catches.
Somebody has to use their speed and hands and make a catch in traffic.
And it has to get better because McNair cannot take too many shots the rest of the way. They simply aren't winning the line of scrimmage. In the past they have gone through scoring troubles like their current woes, but they were able to at least hang on to the ball before and pound out long drives. Now they aren't moving defenses or the clock. But overall they have played the run well for the most part, but they haven't had the consistency they should.