McCarron and GMac threw plenty of contested balls, Heck I don't think Norwood ever caught a pass where he was not blanketed. Blake threw tons of jump passes to Cooper and Coker threw some to Ridley, But last year I can't think of any. I expect that at first but I'm surprised they didn't attempt to expand Hurts more than they did.
Bottom line is that Blake Barnett was supposed to be the guy and he couldn't seem to deal with the pressure of live action. He had a much better arm for sure but just couldn't manage bodies flying everwhere the way Hurts could.