[martyup]

It's not so much that Hogan played poorly as the coaches seem to fear the possibility of his playing poorly. Maybe that's unjustified.

Exactly.  In big games, we seem to tighten up and not let Hogan do his thing.  He is a great scrambler and he's good at finding secondary receivers.  He can do neither when he's simply handing the ball to Gaffney.  With some decent TEs to throw to, he would be much more of a passing threat.  Hopefully we'll get the TEs more involved in next season's offense.

[martyup]

It's not so much that Hogan played poorly as the coaches seem to fear the possibility of his playing poorly. Maybe that's unjustified.

Exactly.  In big games, we seem to tighten up and not let Hogan do his thing.  He is a great scrambler and he's good at finding secondary receivers.  He can do neither when he's simply handing the ball to Gaffney.  With some decent TEs to throw to, he would be much more of a passing threat.  Hopefully we'll get the TEs more involved in next season's offense.