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Does size matter?


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As for me, I am beginning to think that size matters most in your defensive backfield.  Get a tall defensive back that can play like a short defensive back and it seems to make a big difference.  

 

Overall it's probably about finding adept football players who use whatever size and skill that they possess to make plays. That's probably the real issue: acquiring play-makers, no matter the size.

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DeSean Jackson, Percy Harvin, T.Y. Hilton, Antonio Brown (among others) are compelling arguments to say that size is overrated.

 

 

Well remember I am speaking of red zone efficiency. 37 of 50 of the top receivers are in fact under 6ft2.

 

I think if you look at Belicheck and Payton  they use 2 or 3 type of receivers depending on where they are on the field and the yardage they need. They use their big TEs in the red zone.

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This one includes Smitty. The reason Smitty is good is his strength physicality.

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Only Colston and Plax were above avg in that chart and won a SB.

I think the lesson from Seattle is you can be out of the box and win.

For fantasy sure tall big targets are great but not many top wrs go to the SB.

Chemistry. I will keep pounding that drum.

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And oddly enough weight has a bigger impact in the red zone.While wide receivers checking in below 196 pounds have converted fewer than 20.9 percent of their red zone targets into touchdowns, those weighing 217 pounds or more have recorded a 28.4 percent red zone touchdown rate. That means the heaviest receivers are 35.9 percent more likely than the lightest receivers to convert a red zone target into a touchdown.

 

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