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The protypical Panthers WR

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Every single WR we have brought in here year in and year out are your prototypical "big bodied" WRs. Dwayne Jarrett, Rod Gardner, DJ Hackett, Drew Carter and the list goes on. Why haven't we targeted guys with the same frame and style of play as Steve Smith? Why don't we ever go after the guy who is 5'9" and a punt return specialist?

The Eagles got Desean Jackson last year and he worked out great. They followed last year's draft with Jeremy Maclin (essentially a Jackson clone) because they knew that it had worked the year before. It just seems like instead of going with what works for us we go with the norm and it never works. Go out and get the lightening quick punt returner/receiver this year and maybe we can turn him into the next Steve Smith. Receivers in today's game don't have to be 6'0 tall in order to be good. Give me a team full of Steve Smiths, Wes Welkers, Desean Jacksons any day of the week.

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Actually, I miss Drew Carter. He showed some true promise. I hated that he got away. I think our 'devotion' to big WRs has more to do with Moose than Smitty, in that big WRs who can go up and win the battle for the ball is the expectation. I agree though, a good WR is a good WR, period, regardless of size. The thing is, with jake at QB, we may never know who else can be a good WR, seeing how he only sees his primary receiver on any given play. And that's either Smitty or Moose, with Smitty getting most of those looks!

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Carter/Hackett aren't the same type receiver. Tall, but thin.

Wouldn't be terrible to have that type guy. I don't care who it is, but we need a deep threat that's not Smith and a slot guy. And Moose. I'd like those first two attributes to be in one guy, but if not, we need the slot guy more.

I can't imagine this team without Muhammad.

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You need two different types of receivers. If you have two speed guys or two possession receivers it hurts your offense.

Tell that to Philly - Two best receiver are speedsters..their possession WR is a TE

Tell that to SD - Two best receivers are possession...don't have a speedster

Tell that to NYG - Two best receivers are possession..don't have a speedster

You don't HAVE to have any specific type of receiver which is my point. Philly has one of the most explosive offenses this year and their possession receiver is their TE.

Teams do what works for them. Rivers likes throwing to big targets that don't necessarily need a lot of space to operate.

When you think about it, if you have a guy like Steve Smith who can operate in space like a little WR but can also go up and get the ball like a big WR then why do you "need" to get the exact opposite of him?

The bottom line is that we don't "need" a big possession WR to line up opposite of Smitty. What we need is a guy that can create separation and then catch the ball when it is on target. We have never had a guy like that to play opposite of Steve Smith.

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The bottom line is that we don't "need" a big possession WR to line up opposite of Smitty. What we need is a guy that can create separation and then catch the ball when it is on target. We have never had a guy like that to play opposite of Steve Smith.

This ^^^^

Someone who has makes people scared to bring that other safety in the box. Thats all.

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Tell that to Philly - Two best receiver are speedsters..their possession WR is a TE

Tell that to SD - Two best receivers are possession...don't have a speedster

Tell that to NYG - Two best receivers are possession..don't have a speedster

You don't HAVE to have any specific type of receiver which is my point. Philly has one of the most explosive offenses this year and their possession receiver is their TE.

Teams do what works for them. Rivers likes throwing to big targets that don't necessarily need a lot of space to operate.

When you think about it, if you have a guy like Steve Smith who can operate in space like a little WR but can also go up and get the ball like a big WR then why do you "need" to get the exact opposite of him?

The bottom line is that we don't "need" a big possession WR to line up opposite of Smitty. What we need is a guy that can create separation and then catch the ball when it is on target. We have never had a guy like that to play opposite of Steve Smith.

How about a speed guy and a possession receiver that can run block well works well with our system so that's what they want.

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