08-23-2019, 04:45 PM
(08-23-2019, 04:10 PM)Whatever Wrote: Tate only has 11 YAC on 8 catches in the preseason. He also has the 2nd lowest YPC among WR's behind Erickson, and Erickson has frankly shown nothing as a WR this preseason.
Kid is great at contested catches, but that's all he's got right now. Given time, he can develop into a good WR if he improves his route running and can use that to get separation. But he's not there yet.
Auden Tate isn't expected to smoke cb's down field.
That's not his game.
His game is to get matched up on smaller db's on those intermediate routes inside 20 yds.
His frame dictates he should be ablessed to expose mis matches in the red zone.
Put him inside the 10 yd line with Boyd Green Eifert.
All big framed targets.
He's catching everything thrown his way.
On my WR depth chart I actually put him over Erickson.
Erickson just lacks an extra gear to elude the defense.
He's a strictly possession WR.
