Practice report: WRs 'need to make plays' 
September, 4, 2012
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Jake Trotter and
Brandon Chatmon | ESPN.com
In their first game as a unit, Oklahoma’s wide receivers had their ups. But also plenty of downs. Penn State transfer Justin Brown was the only receiver to grade out in the 90s with a 90 out of 100. Kenny Stills was second with an 84. Position coach Jay Norvell conceded that his unit could have played much better in El Paso.
“Lot of things we could do better,” he said. “Depth on our routes, knowing where we are on the field. Trey (Metoyer) had a couple of go balls where he was too close to the boundary. But Trey hadn’t played a real game in two year.
“There are the things that sometimes happen when you have a lot of young guys. But we’ve got to play with more precision, execution.”
“Lot of things we could do better,” he said. “Depth on our routes, knowing where we are on the field. Trey (Metoyer) had a couple of go balls where he was too close to the boundary. But Trey hadn’t played a real game in two year.
“There are the things that sometimes happen when you have a lot of young guys. But we’ve got to play with more precision, execution.”
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