Youβre leaving out some pretty important context with Mills. He already played under Tim Kelly, whose offense came from the same Patriots/Erhardt-Perkins system that Nick Caley runs. That means Mills already had experience with many of the same underlying concepts and terminology. So of course he could look more comfortable getting the call, communicating it in the huddle and getting everyone lined up. Using that as evidence that Stroud has βoperational issuesβ while heβs learning a new system isnβt really an apples-to-apples comparison.
Oh shit, maybe we actually get to see Boutte at the Z. I still donβt think heβs reached his ceiling, and I think thereβs more to his game than just being a deep-ball merchant. If Houston can expand his route tree and get him involved on intermediate stuff, he could end up being a much more complete weapon than people expect.