Chicago Tribune<\/a> spoke to Missouri wide receivers coach Jacob Peeler about what happened. He attributed the problems to two key factors. One was a concerted effort by SEC defenses to blanket Burden in coverage. The other was something that wasn\u2019t previously mentioned.<\/p>\nMissouri\u2019s quarterback was playing hurt.<\/p>\n
Peeler attributed Burden\u2019s drop in production in 2024 to several things. Opponents made a concerted effort to stop him after his 1,200-yard season. Also, quarterback Brady Cook was dealing with a wrist injury that affected his throwing motion throughout the second half of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe one thing I was impressed with (Burden), he never let it get to him,\u201d Peeler said. \u201cHe never got frustrated to the point where it was ever a detriment. Most receivers either always want the ball or otherwise they\u2019re playing the wrong position. But he was a great teammate, never once got frustrated to the point that I even saw it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Luther Burden can\u2019t control the situation around him.<\/p>\n
Wide receivers are always at the mercy of their surroundings. If the quarterback is hurt or isn\u2019t good, their production will suffer. Brady Cook was pretty effective two years ago, throwing for 3300 yards with 21 touchdowns and six interceptions, averaging nine yards per pass attempt. Last year, that dropped to 7.9 while his completion percentage went from 66 to 62. Clearly, his accuracy was suffering, which backs up Peeler\u2019s statement about him not being 100%. Luther Burden was still the most effective weapon on the team, leading in touchdowns and even punt return yardage. It shouldn\u2019t be crazy to think that putting him in a proven system under Ben Johnson, with a former #1 pick throwing him the ball, that he should experience success closer to that breakout year in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luther Burden should\u2019ve been a 1st round pick. Based on the eye test alone, the Missouri wide receiver…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,692,391,2493,7,277,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-207574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-bears","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-chicagobears","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-luther-burden","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114854226019380685","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}