A lot of talk of Janis getting PT to give us a deep threat. Obviously the coaching staff does not feel he is ready. Being a receiver in this, and most NFL offenses is much more than just running a predesigned route.
The West Coast Offense is conceptual in nature and has similarities to Lombardi's Packer Sweep & Bob Knight's motion offense, in that every player "reads the defense" and moves accordingly. With the sweep, each blocker had to see where defenders and his other blockers were to know what he had to do, & then the RB had to do the same. Same thing with motion offense, screener, cutter, & passer had to all "read" the same thing to make it work. The big difference with this "conceptual" approach to the passing game is that if the QB & receiver do not "read" the same thing, there is a high probability of an Interception (as opposed to just a negative run, or a cutter not getting open). Since Janis has hard a hard time even with pre reads (lining up incorrectly), one can assume he has not yet learned to"read" the defense. An example may be....you are running a go route, the read is that if the defender gets his whole body 3 yards ahead of you, it becomes a stop and back shoulder throw. If Janis does not read it correctly and keeps going, or stops when he shouldn't, & AR reads it correctly and throws to where he is supposed to, there is a high chance for an INT. . Coaches know that the number one stat in outcome of any game is turnover differential. They are not willing to play someone who increases chances for turnovers.
