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Can we officially declare TMJ a bust?


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15 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

If he was on the field I missed it.  

Higgins and TMJ neither got a snap. 
 

which IMO does speak to some mismanagement going on.  Still don’t see how  you don’t give Higgins a single rep in Baker’s first game. 

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Just now, CRA said:

Higgins and TMJ neither got a snap. 
 

which IMO does speak to some mismanagement going on.  Still don’t see how  you don’t given Higgins a single rep in Baker’s first game. 

I guarantee Rhule thought not playing Higgins would help Baker spread the ball around or some such nonsense 

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Yes. He’s had plenty of time to prove himself and he hasn’t. He was never that great in college either. Feasted on getting single coverage against teams 3rd best corner since he had Chase and Jefferson as teammates and happened to have Joe Burrow passing the ball to him 

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We’re one game into the second season. The OC was fired in the first as a scapegoat for a line which dwindled our playbook to 25 percent of capacity because 3+ step drops are out of the question.  The guy has the physical tool kit to play any of the receiver positions and in all likelihood is being asked to learn all of them. But for recent history with Chase and Jefferson (who coincidentally likely absorbed most reps), year three is typically when WR’s make the big leap. Did a bit of a dive trying to find a decent comp  as there are plenty of third year break outs but many of the guys are of the shiftier archetype . I think TMJ’s injuries skew the targets in the first year a bit, but guys like TO, Calvin Johnson and Dwayne Boye were all bigger, athletic guys that took some time to hit their stride. 

This is premature. Maybe circa week 6 we can reasonably start discussing impending doom on this guy’s career. Let’s see a comprehensible game plan before we start crucifying redshirts. 

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16 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Higgins has always been a 4 at the very best. 

Yeah, but Baker knows him and they have chemistry.   Seems like you would work him in a little in Bakers debut.   

Baker didn’t seem comfortable early and doesn’t have much work with anyone. 

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1 hour ago, CRA said:

Higgins and TMJ neither got a snap. 
 

which IMO does speak to some mismanagement going on.  Still don’t see how  you don’t give Higgins a single rep in Baker’s first game. 

Bc we didn’t need to…. We didn’t run enough offensive plays to sit DJ or Robbie. Our offense only had 45 total plays. 
 

our longest drive was barely 5 minutes. There just wasn’t a point to sub out DJ or Robbie bc they were the best players at their position and were well rested due to the lack of play opportunities.

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