Ocho says Leggette is coming to see him

[MHS831]

aside from a roster spot, we don't benefit by cutting him. 

[Swaggasaurus]

He don’t need to learn how to be Chad Johnson. He needs to learn how to be Keyshawn Johnson. Get your frame between the defender and the ball. Attack the ball and get first downs.  These MF DB’s are going to own XL in everything else.

[tukafan21]

8 hours ago, MHS831 said:

I see what you are saying, but I would counter by saying the feet are part of the mental side of his game.  And you say  the same thing here--about his field awareness. 

Yes, you need to be mentally aware of your feet, but when someone is talking about having "great feet", I look at that as having quick/good footwork that makes you a great WR due to route running.

And sure, the first two easy/obvious examples that pop to my mind for XL when I think of his poor mental side of the game this are both feet related (the stepping out of bounds and the crossing route where he only got 1 foot down despite all sorts of room to get two), there are so many others that had nothing to do with his feet this year.

Things like how often he runs back towards the LOS trying to make a play, his route running mistakes, particularly against zone, at times appearing to have no idea what the play was, etc.  Even that other thread tonight about his interview with Cam, where he said he doesn't talk to Bryce off the field as much as he should, is more proof of his terrible mental side of the game for his preparation and it clearly carries over into Sundays where he has no on field mental awareness.

I'm just not sure there are many (any?) examples of players who were so bad at this part of the game 7 years into their post HS career and then found a way to figure it out.  You can fix a lot of things in a player, but it's hard to take someone with absolutely zero football awareness and correct it at this point in their career.

I do still think XL has a future in this league, but as a Cordarelle Patterson type, who get some handoffs, some easy catches on screens, and returns kicks.  Things where it's just give him the ball and tell him to run as fast and hard as he can straight ahead.  The problem is usually when players shift into totally different roles like that, it's not with the team that drafted them, it's the next team that benefits.