Battle is clutch as fuck, the most dependable niners reciever, Nolan is merely trying to motivate lelie into performing his best, it shouldnt be long until he takes the 3rd spot
"Receiver Ashley Lelie said the reason he has not been able to work his way into a position to see significant playing time is because he is not running his pass routes up to the team's specifications."
9ers mainly got him for the deep threat and to make Defenses have to worry about the deep ball and maybe open up some space for Gore to run...so far Alex Smith is only throwing for about 120 yards per game so its not like other recievers are doing that much better. 9ers offense hasn't really got going yet but when it does, im pretty sure there will be some balls thrown Lelie's way...
Taylor Jacobs has been out-performing Lelie in practice, but he hasn't done SHIT on the field. Lelie hasn't been used for that reason.. He's just not a workout warrior like Jacobs, but he performs better on the field.
they can do it too! they just need that aggression, that confidence. throw the ball to vernon! nobody will be able to take him down! (ok, an exaggeration, but i want that west coast passing game!)