09-01-2021, 04:30 PM
(09-01-2021, 09:47 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: Practice has no impact on who the actual best receivers on the team are. What I mean by that is if Davante Adams tore up practice every single day but he was only averaging 600 yards per season, no one would think about him the way that they do.
Practice IS important, but if the only argument that you have for a player is “well, he’s doing well in practice” then that is a really weak argument. Chase looked awful this preseason. That being said, I’m a believer in Chase and I think he will turn it around.
I think Chase will turn it around too, but I have no evidence to base that on, other than "he was the 5th overall pick and did really well at LSU".
(09-01-2021, 11:03 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: There's a reason why Boyd was a 2nd round pick instead of a 1st round pick, let alone a 5th overall pick.
If Chase takes over a year, it's a failed pick.
I am not saying that it will, or that he is, but we can't hold a 5th overall pick to the same initial standards and expectations as a 55th overall pick.
Agree for the most part. When you take a guy that high, you want him starting and making an impact from day 1...ala AJ Green.
(09-01-2021, 11:29 AM)Sled21 Wrote: We should probably just let him play his first game.....
We have to talk about his current performance, don't we?
...and I know a lot of guys will be saying "it's just one game" if Chase drops 3 passes in week 1.
(09-01-2021, 12:08 PM)JaggedJimmyJay Wrote: He may well drop a pass against Minnesota.
The real question is will people have the discipline to resist bumping this thread *immediately* after that happens.
Why should people *not* talk about our top pick stinking it up (if he does stink)?
(09-01-2021, 12:33 PM)TecmoBengals Wrote: It's way too early for this thread to even exist. Let's give Chase at least a season with his second year, bad-knee QB and historically NFL bad coach before we write him off as a bust at WR.
Everything you listed will be used as an excuse if he is terrible this year. I don't think we'll be able to openly discuss whether or not Chase is a bust until/unless he gets cut in year 4. Heck, we had John Ross apologists until very recently. Not saying Chase is going to bust, btw.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
