I go back and forth on whether I think CZA is a problem or not.
On one hand, you see Dobbs airmailing receivers by 10 feet... no WR coach in the world can do anything about that. I think his inaccuracy hurts some of the receivers on our roster - North, Williams, Malone to a degree - because they aren't shifty guys who will break wide open like Pig, Smith, Pearson can. They're big, athletic receivers who can physically overwhelm smaller DBs in one-on-ones when the ball is put in the right spot... but Dobbs can't make those throws consistently, and usually won't try because a miss can be a pick. So I think that's just part of the package with Dobbs to an extent.
But on the other hand, WRs frequently struggle to separate and appear to break off routes at the wrong depth multiple times per game. You also have plays like the seam route to Pearson against SC where Dobbs puts the throw where it needs to be and VP isn't looking for the ball. These are WR failures, and the fact that they generally seem widespread makes me wonder about the job CZA is doing. To make matters worse, this OL has improved tremendously as a run-blocking unit but they still struggle in the pass game, sometimes badly.
I think the narrative here is that our WRs sucked until Butch put on his hero suit and saved the team from Azzanni, which is cute but probably BS. There's a big spectrum between 'spending a little more time with them in practice' and 'taking over the unit'. Also, it's not lost on me that CZA's name always seems to surface during coaching change silly season. We may not like him, but other coaches do... and they know a hell of a lot more about football than we do.
So like I said... torn.
