Where We Are and Best Case Scenario

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(03-08-2021, 10:57 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: Wow... the just absolute wrong and stupidity in that statement makes me feel the need to ignore you.

Boyd can, and has played outside the slot. Last season, he didn't have to because of Higgins and Green... that's not a lack of options, since Higgins was breaking out and Green was still a name drawing number one coverage.

Boyd was drafted (and you can look this up and find it several places written) with the intentions that he would start out in the slot and then as he developed push for more time on the outside.

But hey, you want to shit on the players we have that are actually good, knock yourself out. It amazes me that people who are supposed to be "fans" of the team, want to believe that the players on the team all suck....

In '19, Boyd caught 57 of 88 targets in the slot, a 64.7% catch %.  He caught 33 of 60 outside targets, a 55% catch rate.  This year, he caught 69 of 93 targets in the slot, good for a 74.1% catch rate.  He caught 10 of 17 outside targets for a 58.8% catch rate.  A catch % in the mid 50's is bad.  A catch % in the mid 60's is pretty good.  A catch % in the mid 70's is outstanding.  He is not a good outside WR.  He is a very good slot WR.

Billy Price was drafted to be the starting C.  Not a lot of draft picks turn out to be what they were intended to be.  Boyd has had a ton of opportunities, but he is not a starting caliber outside WR.  You can leave him in the slot and you can continue to watch him play well or you can move him outside and watch him struggle.  The reality is that it's going to be easier to find an outside WR that's better than Boyd on the outside than a slot WR that's better than Boyd is in the slot.  Trying to sign or draft a slot WR and moving Boyd outside is stupid because it's diminishing returns.  

It's not any more shitting on Boyd to say he sucks as an outside WR than it is shitting on Burrow by saying he's not a running QB like Lamar Jackson.  Boyd is a good player.  Play him to his strengths and put him in the slot and he'll continue to be a good player.  Play him outside in a role he's not suited for and he's not going to be a good player anymore.