Jason Avant Cut

[BeasonBeastingBacks]

Old, slow receiver who can barely catch anymore is replaced with speed and quickness.

I'll take it.

[Mr. Scot]

Separate the fact that we agree with Avant's comments and a player trashing his coach. Just because Avant was right doesn't mean it's ok. 

 

A coach with thicker skin would have sat down with him and talked about it, after which Avant could have made a public show of support.

 

Cutting him is the act of a coach who's paranoid and insecure (and given his record, probably has reason to be).

[RoaringRiot]

There was no way to use Godfrey correctly.  He legitimately sucked.

 

With Avant, you had possibilities.  But instead, they tried to turn him into something he wasn't.

 

 

No one thinks Avant was more than a #4 or #3 at best. There aren't that many possibilities for a slow, possession receiver. RR sucks and our offensive scheme does too, but I would be surprised if a new coach would be disappointed that Avant won't be here next year. 

[Mol3m4n]

I'm a Philly fan, but I don't want the culture of incumbency to lead to us ignoring the position again, when ideally, we need to give Cam all the weapons we can afford.

I really agree with this. Philly would make a terrific three for years to come if we could find another fantastic hybrid 1 or 2. It wild be a great corps.

[brandontruesdale]

Old, slow receiver who can barely catch anymore is replaced with speed and quickness.

I'll take it.

would agree but his original position is not even a wr haven't we tried this before?

[Mr. Scot]

No one thinks Avant was more than a #4 or #3 at best. There aren't that many possibilities for a slow, possession receiver. RR sucks and our offensive scheme does too, but I would be surprised if a new coach would be disappointed that Avant won't be here next year. 

 

Yes, he was a possession receiver, and ideally a role player.

 

So then why was he being asked to play the role of a deep threat or a speed guy (especially given that we actually do have one of those on roster in Philly Brown)?

 

[RoaringRiot]

A coach with thicker skin would have sat down with him and talked about it, after which Avant could have made a public show of support.

 

Cutting him is the act of a coach who's paranoid and insecure (and given his record, probably has reason to be).

 

That's just your opinion and interpretation. I see it as the final straw for an older, stopgap player who wasn't producing and an opportunity to give younger guys some reps so we know better how to address the WR position in the offseason. I mean....it's a strong possibility that we didn't go after more FA WRs because we thought King and McNutt could do something. They never had game time to show one way or another. Avant wasn't going to be here more than two years anyway....and that's if he was producing. 

[TheRed]

I highly doubt Avant was the only player on the team, and particularly the offense, who felt that way.

 

Rivera has been blaming the players for his own incompetence for too long.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Someone hack Byron Bells twitter account and start trashing Rivera

[WhoAmI?]

I never disliked my team before, but I am seriously starting to fukkin hate this entire organization. Avant tells the truth and he gets canned. fug this franchise. I do hope we lose out now.

[BeasonBeastingBacks]

would agree but his original position is not even a wr haven't we tried this before?

Similar situations doesn't mean they're similar players and you should expect similar results. Speed and quickness is speed and quickness.

[davos]

Well you can always play the what if game. It's kind of sad looking back at the confidence our staff had in McNutt and King.

 

Hopefully our luck has changed a bit with the position, because Brown looks pretty good at least.

 

Agreed.  I'm a fan of Brown.  

 

KB and him are good.  We just need to get this house in order overall.  

[Mr. Scot]

That's just your opinion and interpretation. I see it as the final straw for an older, stopgap player who wasn't producing and an opportunity to give younger guys some reps so we know better how to address the WR position in the offseason. I mean....it's a strong possibility that we didn't go after more FA WRs because we thought King and McNutt could do something. They never had game time to show one way or another. Avant wasn't going to be here more than two years anyway....and that's if he was producing. 

 

I don't think they ever actually believed in King and McNutt that much.

 

Per Voth, they knew early on that they weren't going to be able to pay what the best receivers wanted, so they'd have to go with role players.  And that approach is fine, if you use them like role players.

 

They didn't.

 

[Happy Panther]

Meh. If you are going to criticize your boss you better have the goods to back it up. 21 catches and 2 drops isn't a ton of leverage.

 

If Luke said it....

 

Happens in every line of business. Sometimes people forget they are expendable.