Matt and James talk about a sudden Quentin Johnston resurgence for the Chargers and if it's sustainable after his poor rookie season.
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This coaching staff, what I've been really impressed with is, they're putting him in positions where he is the most comfortable, and again, he has to catch no footballs over his shoulder because he can't do that. They have him coming back to the football a lot, and he's just using his big body to sort of box out defenders, and honestly, it's helped him tremendously, but the coaching staff is really putting him in a spot where he can succeed. Yeah, I think it's a really nice development for them because they needed him to be better than he was last year. And like, there's no like, oh, you guys thought this about Quentin Johnston. He was the worst receiver that I charted last season, and I don't really even know if it was that close. He was not a useful player whatsoever to the Los Angeles Chargers last season. That just was the reality of the situation. Now, whenever, I mean, for me, whenever I say something like that, I don't think there's a 0% chance he could ever be a useful player. And I'm not even sure he's ever going to be, oh, he's worth what he was drafted to be or a first run pick or anything. But he certainly looks like a useful player through the first two weeks of this season. And I think that, you know, he certainly got like, pick out anything that we've kind of seen production-wise from these two plays, he's definitely got more juice than Josh Palmer, you know, I mean, Palmer is like a fine player. I've always said that about Josh Palmer, but Quentin Johnston legit, like when this is what I think has been shocking this season as opposed to last year, like there were very little times they got him rolling after the catch in his rookie season. But even when they did, it just didn't look the same as it did in college. And I don't think he'll ever look that good in the NFL as the Yak players. He did it TCU and the big 12 and all that stuff. But in week number one against the Raiders, I thought there were some moments where he got rocking and rolling with the ball in his hands, which is pretty good to see. And I'll give him credit to his first touchdown, at least against the Panthers. The second one kind of like, it's a wide open play, you know, he better just catch that and keep it going. But that was like a deep shot tight coverage. And he just got the football, which is not Quentin Johnston's game. So I think what we're seeing here is this guy is becoming like a useful functional NFL receiver. Can he continue to stack those weeks? Can he continue to get better? I think that's the question. But certainly the results of the player right now are much better than than than expected. I've got a lot of people in the discord be like, yo, let's get a Quentin Johnston chart. So I'm going to try to do that at the end of this week. We'll see. Because it is a pretty interesting development. It's a shocking development from what we saw in year number one for QJ. And to be honest with you, I'm so curious if you end up doing this chart, I'm so curious to see what the route participation is in regards to 2024 versus 2023. It just, it feels like, and again, I haven't sat down and, you know, looked at game film of every single, you know, QJ snap here, but it just feels, it certainly feels like they are bringing him back to the football a lot more and utilizing that big body a little bit more. So I don't know, I'd be very curious. But as you did, as you mentioned, to be fair, he has made some plays down the field as well, plays that he certainly was not making in 2023. I think he's also had some drop some, you know, quintessential QJ drops as well. But that's okay. You know, we kind of sort of worked through that and he's definitely developed here in year number two, man. I certainly would be very curious to see what these numbers look like after just a couple of games sample here for Quentin Johnston. What's better than watching your team win, winning money while you do it. I'm Jim Costa and I cash the ticket. Mike Valeti and I give you the edge to make every game playable at college football NFL. We're breaking it all down game by game. Your podcast feed is going to be filled and you're going to love it. You can click on the games you care about. We do it all with our analysis. We're fighting games that other people aren't talking about. We're turning every Saturday and every Sunday in the days where you got a chance to win. Don't you sit on the sidelines, Cash the ticket with us. Follow Cash the ticket in the free Odyssey app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Matt and James talk about a sudden Quentin Johnston resurgence for the Chargers and if it's sustainable after his poor rookie season.
Whether it's the biggest stars in the league or new rookies bursting on the scene, you won't get better wideout information anywhere else. Along the way, they'll break down the biggest stories in the NFL and offer up a few big-picture fantasy football thoughts.
Follow the guys on Twitter @JamesDKoh and @MattHarmon_BYB. Follow Reception Perception @RecepPerception. Download and Subscribe to the Reception Perception Show anywhere you get your podcasts.
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