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NFC South Recieving Corps

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Sirius XM's Moving the Chains talk show ranked the receivers in the NFC South yesterday Results were:

Pat Kirwan

1.Falcons

2.Bucs

3 Panthers

4 Saints

Jim Miller

1. Panthers

2. Bucs

3. Falcons

4. Saints

Its hard for me to see our group above Atlanta's and equally hard to see the Saints at the bottom. It should be noted that Jim Miller was a QB and should have a good eye for receiving talent. Either way it looks like Cam has weapons this year compared to the rest of the division.

 

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Atlanta really has Julio jones, white, Hester and Hardy and a  bunch of guys the rest of the way at WR and TE.  They could end up first depending on how Hardy plays and whether White stays healthy. We match up pretty well with Benjamin, Funchess, Ginn and Brown. Where we exceed them is adding in Olsen who we use primarily as a receiver  and is the best TE in the division right now. 

Tampa may have as much talent at WR and TE as Atlanta or us but didn't have a quarterback who could throw the ball. And the Saints receivers are Not that great athletically outside of Cooks and maybe Colston but up until last year Brees was able to make them look better than they were and they had Jimmy Graham. Hard to say what they will do in 2015.

interesting that Kirwin who I like thinks Funchess's  speed is an issue given he usually watches lots of film and would see that he plays faster than he showed at the combine. I guess that will be his knock until he shows folks that speed is not his biggest issue and his hands are very solid.

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Atlanta really has Julio jones, white, Hester and Hardy and a  bunch of guys the rest of the way at WR and TE.  They could end up first depending on how Hardy plays and whether White stays healthy. We match up pretty well with Benjamin, Funchess, Ginn and Brown. Where we exceed them is adding in Olsen who we use primarily as a receiver  and is the best TE in the division right now. 

Tampa may have as much talent at WR and TE as Atlanta or us but didn't have a quarterback who could throw the ball. And the Saints receivers are Not that great athletically outside of Cooks and maybe Colston but up until last year Brees was able to make them look better than they were and they had Jimmy Graham. Hard to say what they will do in 2015.

interesting that Kirwin who I like thinks Funchess's  speed is an issue given he usually watches lots of film and would see that he plays faster than he showed at the combine. I guess that will be his knock until he shows folks that speed is not his biggest issue and his hands are very solid.

people alsoften forget about Dickson who started to get it late last year.

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Yeah, if Funch can contribute.  The excuses for Cam finally stop this year.  Unless Oher becomes worse than Bell.  

You have been around long enough to know that if the offense is great it is because of Cam and if it sucks it is because of Shula and Rivera. 

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Dickson did not start to get it late last year because that is not his intended role. He was brought in to be a blocker/fullback and not a pass catching TE. 

not true, he was definitely brought in to catch passes and be an all around TE which includes blocking. He became a pure blocker due to injuries.

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