Rank our WRs

[Brownshoe]

(05-27-2016, 01:00 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Of course MLJ + Sanu would be a better fit for 2016. LaFell is going to need a little time to get comfortable and Boyd is a rookie. We're comparing these two with a couple guys that spent 4 years in our system building chemistry.

That said, I don't think there's going to be much difference production-wise. 390 yards and 0 TDs (Sanu) should be easy to eclipse for Boyd. MLJ had 816 yards and 4 scores last year. I'm very confident LaFell can come close to matching those totals.

The biggest difference isn't going to be in production. We're probably going to see a few miscommunications early on. LaFell will probably have (literally) a couple more bounce of his hands. Not a huge deal at all. It might affect a small handful of drives. LaFell and Boyd could also have strengths that MLJ and Sanu didn't have. Boyd has better hands than Sanu. LaFell has championship experience and is bigger/more physical than MLJ.

I realize that there is potential for some drop off. I just think that people may be exaggerating how steep that drop off will be. At this point I have enough faith in the coaches and Andy Dalton to believe they will make the transition easier. I have faith that our scouts coaches, etc made the right choices in Boyd and LaFell. Just as they did when they drafted MLJ and Sanu.

MJ and Sanu might have more chemistry with Dalton, but with a new OC comes a new system. Gruden's system was different than Hue's, and it would be silly to think that Zampese will have the same system as Hue. That's why LaFell / Boyd could fit our system better than Jones / Sanu.