08-15-2016, 10:15 AM
I'm resigned to the understanding that every team needs a guy like Tate. He's pretty much average (or at least we must concede near average) at every aspect of the WR position. Nothing amazing but nothing terrible that loses us games or kills our offense. After one preseason game against no starters, to think that Ericson has a shot to usurp Tate makes me laugh a little. Was I impressed by Ericson? Sure, heckuva game by the dude. Being a rabid OSU fan, I saw plenty of him in the Big 10. He's a scrappy, heady guy and he's got a future in the NFL for sure, IMO. But not a chance he flat out replaces Tate this season. Best case scenario for us, he goes to PS and doesn't get plucked, and we can reevaluate next year. And that's regardless of what he does the next three preseason games. Again, all of this conjecture is IMHO...
