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Make Laviska Our Cordarelle Patterson?


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Ideally our top 4 WRs this year will be Chark, TMJ, Thielen, and Mingo this season and while Laviska would be a pretty good 5th WR, Byrd would be just fine as our 5th as well.

We don't really have a big bruising RB on the roster right now, and while we could still sign someone, I'd be interested in seeing what Laviska could provide as a RB.  He already runs like an RB once he gets the ball in his hand and with his size and pass catching ability, I think he'd make for an interesting backfield mate to compliment Sanders.

He's similarly built to Patterson, same weight and just an inch shorter, and runs with a similar aggression.

I think it would work.

 

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1 hour ago, Aussie Tank said:

The man was a stud WR down the field for Colorado let him try and live up to that. He was a better prospect than Mingo IMO 

I agree with everything. He was supposed to be the next Julio for Colorado, then he got hurt. Leave him at WR and manufacture ways to get him the ball. He's a lot more dangerous than DJ after the catch and and is hard to bring down after first contact. If we utilize Bryce the right way, then he should spread the ball around a lot. Having playmakers after the catch like Shenault and Mingo will be really beneficial to the offense. 

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30 minutes ago, Aussie Tank said:

The man was a stud WR down the field for Colorado let him try and live up to that. He was a better prospect than Mingo IMO 

Shenault has issues tracking the ball; that's why most of his catches are near the line. That puts a hard ceiling on his game. Mingo has no such limitation, and that makes his ceiling a lot higher. Honestly, Mingo is a better route runner as well. That being said, perhaps they'll both find a role (between the rotation and special teams). Of course Mingo was picked by the current administration...

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8 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Shenault has issues tracking the ball; that's why most of his catches are near the line. That puts a hard ceiling on his game. Mingo has no such limitation, and that makes his ceiling a lot higher. Honestly, Mingo is a better route runner as well. That being said, perhaps they'll both find a role (between the rotation and special teams). Of course Mingo was picked by the current administration...

Might wanna go back and watch his college games.

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46 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Might wanna go back and watch his college games.

College isnt the nfl.  In the nfl hes great with the ball in his hands but he's slow and clunky running routes that stretch the field and has to be schemed open.  Hes a specialized player in the NFL.  Hes really good at a specifc thing and thats ok.

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7 minutes ago, Tr3ach said:

College isnt the nfl.  In the nfl hes great with the ball in his hands but he's slow and clunky running routes that stretch the field and has to be schemed open.  Hes a specialized player in the NFL.  Hes really good at a specifc thing and thats ok.

The physics of ball flight change from college to the NFL? We're talking about tracking the ball here.

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5 hours ago, Aussie Tank said:

The man was a stud WR down the field for Colorado let him try and live up to that. He was a better prospect than Mingo IMO 

That experiment was already done.  You put him on the outside to play WR and he doesn't get open.  That's why we was available to us.  Because you essentially have to scheme him up with small ball.  Now, would he fit in our offense? Probably so.  That's what we want to do for Young.  But I don't see how the math works well for him.   Because that is all he really is. 

We are keeping Mingo, Theilen, and TMJ.   That's 3 non-vertical threats.   We got Chark who is injury prone.  So it almost guarantees we keep Byrd or Shi or go after someone else that can get vertical for when/if Chark goes out. 

 

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