Grimes, for all the good things he did, failed to leverage Bushman as well as he

Apr 15, 2021
9:44:20pm

Forzaitalia Contributor

Could have his first year here. It was almost as if Bushman was going to be denied the ball until he learned to block better.

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More proof Matt Bushman was woefully underutilized at BYU

SpiffCoug Sequel Trilogy Fan

4/15/21 6:10pm

Especially last season. What were the coaches thinking?!

byubyu

4/15/21 6:12pm

Can't believe they didn't put him in more 🙂

BlooCoog

4/15/21 6:15pm

RE: Especially last season. What were the coaches thinking?!

SpiffCoug

4/15/21 6:21pm

That’s not proof he was underutilized. Many games he was our leading receiver.

4mack

4/15/21 6:15pm

That shows that he was talented, not underutilized

StantonMac

4/15/21 6:18pm

He was though.

Lip Gallagher

4/15/21 6:51pm

How many targets? What was the defense doing?

StantonMac

4/15/21 6:59pm

He was also double covered A LOT

LyleLanley

4/15/21 7:01pm

In '19, Bushman was targeted 75 times. 63 of them came in 7 games - which is a TON of "utilization."

SpiffCoug

4/15/21 7:07pm

Iirc he either led the team in recs, or rec yds, all 3 yrs.

wickedgame71

4/15/21 9:53pm

Woefully unsupported conclusion there.

basman

4/15/21 6:19pm

What's really amazing about last year is how amazing Rex was, and how much most of us forgot about the loss of Bushman.

SingleStrapBackpack

4/15/21 6:20pm

So great when fans point out how under-utilized future pros were

MormonThug

4/15/21 6:22pm

I recently heard Chad Lewis tell a crowd had Bushman not gotten hurt he was the #1 TE in the country haha.

RdF3

4/15/21 6:26pm

I believe what Chad said. Bushman would have been great this past year.

Kilgruman

4/15/21 7:08pm

He’s someone you can trust for that judgment but you can’t since Matt is his

D.T. Survivor

4/15/21 7:32pm

Any other year, I could buy that, but Pitts is a monster.

Hotlanta

4/16/21 5:43am

Just for kicks - here's some stats

StantonMac

4/15/21 6:33pm

Fair enough. I guess I still have a sour taste in my mouth when he only had 46 targets in 2018. He did have 75 in 2019

SpiffCoug

4/15/21 6:37pm

Didn't other teams start doubling up on him? That was my understanding.

Benfica1

4/15/21 7:18pm

I thought Holker took a number of his targets in 2018. FYI...Holker will be good

thegoodmeister

4/15/21 7:39pm

Holker already is/was good no doubt, but

Mot

4/15/21 7:51pm

Now look beyond stats to get a full story

Lip Gallagher

4/15/21 6:41pm

How is that a demonstration of underutilization?

kccougar

4/15/21 6:48pm

That looks like he was used well.

Belboz

4/15/21 6:52pm

Underutilized in the redzone

arizonacougarfan

4/15/21 7:32pm

Definitely was woefully underutilized his sophomore year.

Mot

4/15/21 7:39pm

If he was targeted more I'm sure his yds per catch average would go down.

Parker Schnabel

4/15/21 8:18pm

Grimes, for all the good things he did, failed to leverage Bushman as well as he

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