PFF: grading WR by ability to separate, YAC and catching the ball

[electro's horse]

https://x.com/throwthedamball/status/1871591730874851329?s=46&t=JBd6ZXmGQ3LmWL-ineTnAA
 

obviously PFF so grain of salt etc 

Top right: lots of separation, good yac/hands. 

bottom left: can’t get open, drops everything/does nothing with the ball

just eyeballing it

Thielen: top 15 ish % overall. @NAS not to call you out, just something we were discussing the other day. Thielen is having a fantastic year by rate. 

Coker: slightly below avg separation, above avg hands/yac

XL: sucks

Diontae Johnson: only thing more difficult than covering him is medicating him

David Moore: not a bad piece, for what is ideally a number 4 receiver.

also Christ philly win a Super Bowl already. 

[mav1234]

Thielen has been excellent this year. Defenses know that he's Bryce's first read on any critical conversion and they still aren't usually able to stop it.

[Aussie Tank]

I really want Slayton in FA for some reason 

[electro's horse]

17 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

Thielen has been excellent this year. Defenses know that he's Bryce's first read on any critical conversion and they still aren't usually able to stop it.

There’s a very easy explanation for this: veteran presence 

and by that I mean the presence of his arms pushing defenders away 

not to mention him just straight taking out other defenders on crossing routes  

i love it

[PappyMay]

20 minutes ago, Aussie Tank said:

I really want Slayton in FA for some reason 

Agreed. Much rather do this and spend our first 2 rounders on defense. He’s quick. 

[kungfoodude]

I think people are really underestimating how bad XL has been. 

[electro's horse]

1 minute ago, kungfoodude said:

I think people are really underestimating how bad XL has been. 

I haven’t. 

He doesn’t pass the eyeball test at all. 

[mav1234]

12 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

There’s a very easy explanation for this: veteran presence 

and by that I mean the presence of his arms pushing defenders away 

not to mention him just straight taking out other defenders on crossing routes  

i love it

He's fun to watch - so is Coker, but for different reasons. 

I think some fans seriously underestimate how important Thielen is to this offense.

[Jackie Lee]

37 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

https://x.com/throwthedamball/status/1871591730874851329?s=46&t=JBd6ZXmGQ3LmWL-ineTnAA
 

obviously PFF so grain of salt etc 

Top right: lots of separation, good yac/hands. 

bottom left: can’t get open, drops everything/does nothing with the ball

just eyeballing it

Thielen: top 15 ish % overall. @NAS not to call you out, just something we were discussing the other day. Thielen is having a fantastic year by rate. 

Coker: slightly below avg separation, above avg hands/yac

XL: sucks

Diontae Johnson: only thing more difficult than covering him is medicating him

David Moore: not a bad piece, for what is ideally a number 4 receiver.

also Christ philly win a Super Bowl already. 

There was definitely no missing XL on Sunday. 

[Aussie Tank]

23 minutes ago, PappyMay said:

Agreed. Much rather do this and spend our first 2 rounders on defense. He’s quick. 

Him and TuTu Atwell in FA and try sign Nick Bolton and Milton Williams as our big splashes. Plus seeing we tried getting Chase Young I'd see us going after him again 

[LinvilleGorge]

Mike Evans out there just in a league of his own.

[Adb6368]

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

I think people are really underestimating how bad XL has been. 

I think the disappointment in him has been offset by the excitement in Coker. Offsetting a potential mistake with our first pick with a gem undrafted FA is a wash. 

imagine if they both develop into solid starters 

[ForJimmy]

Play calling is also better than last year. Look at AT’s separation last year vs this year. DC is drawing up plays to get him open as he should be. Hopefully we finally found ourselves a solid HC. As for XL, I’m not too worried. He has flashed some potential which is what I expected from him year 1. He was never going to be a plug and play WR. 

[jb2288]

Man we are really playing with fire. AT will be what? 33 next year? He’s great this year no doubt but you hit a wall in the NFL with age and when it comes it hits HARD. XL I’m not writing off but he hasn’t been good this year. Coker, great find by us but he’s a nice complementary piece. 
 

we need to look long and hard at trading for garret Wilson or going WR first round