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Speed & Quickness at WR

davos

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Alright...so I think something lost in the shuffle about us not having the best wideout group is not necessarily the overall lack of talent or solid vets but speedsters.  I'm not saying it should be a huge concern because that does not fully make a WR, but most teams typically have that home run threat type guy.  Everyone can't expect a Torrey Smith/Cruz/Cobb but it's nice to have at least that threat on the field in certain situations.     

 

Looking at our roster, we pretty much have Underwood, Phily Brown and Tavares King as our speed guys.  Avant seems more of that elusive/finesse type with great hands.  Cotchery and Benjamin are RZ threats who will already be seeing the field a lot.    

 

It no doubt seems we're running a more methodical/ball-control offense...but still, we had Ginn last season and some of his play helped win us games (see: NE).

 

That's why I'm VERY interested in seeing Tiquan, King and Brown this offseason/preseason.  I'm not saying they are going to be in a Ginn type role, but looking at our roster...our #3 & #4 receivers will be much closer in numbers compared to last season imo where we had:

 

Ginn (36 rec, 556 yds) 

Hixon (7 rec, 55 yds)

 

It's amazing looking at last season...our RB/FBs had 62 receptions and our WR4 and TE2 combined had 8.  I think it's going to be a bit different this year looking at our offensive players.    

 

 

 

 

 

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I'm fine with the group we have. The media will continue to understimate them, but who cares, they should have a chip on their shoulders at this point. Honestly I'm more concerned about picking up where we left off in the return game, and obviously the OL gelling quickly.

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I'm fine with the group we have. The media will continue to understimate them, but who cares, they should have a chip on their shoulders at this point. Honestly I'm more concerned about picking up where we left off in the return game, and obviously the OL gelling quickly.

 

I'm fine with it too.  The point of the thread was to highlight the battle for that Ginn-type role on offense.  I think many have been assuming KB/Jerricho/Avant are getting the bulk of catches but maybe Avant ends up being more of a minimal role a la Hixon and one of the 3 in the OP contributes more.  

 

I don't know why I keep forgetting Underwood.  He looked as good as Ginn ever has last season (not looking at KR/PR)...and that was with Glennon throwing him the ball.  He definitely has the opportunity here to get some numbers and contribute quite nicely.  

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