Brandon LaFell IS the Answer at Wide Receiver

[Crowe]

(03-22-2017, 05:41 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: I keep seeing people post about drafting a wide receiver in the first round and it makes me sick. This team has SO many more needs than wide receiver. We have Lafell, Eiffert, AJ, and Boyd (a second round pick who will only be better than last year). That is PLENTY of weapons through the air.

What if we had still had Marvin Jones, would you then want us to go out and get a receiver? No, you say? Why, because Marvin Jones was good?

Well, look at these numbers:

Comparing Marvin Jones' 2015 with the Bengals (hit last year) and Lafell's numbers with the Bengals in 2016

Marvin Jones
103 Targets
65 Receptions
816 yards
4 TDs

Brandon Lafell
106 Targets
64 Receptions
862 yards
6 TDS


Fred stated it in another post and heres the numbers to back it up. Lafell was good last year. As good or better than Marvin Jones was for us. The dude can be the answer at wide receiver for us and he proved it in the second half of last year.

Heck you can go one farther and compare Lafell's numbers with Jones numbers from this past year in Detroit and Lafell minus 50 or so yards had a better season.

With Core and Boyd both going into year 2 we should see them improve along with hopefully the cohesion between them and Dalton along with Lafell.  If we have Green the whole year and Eifert the whole year then that alleviates pressure off of the other guys which then should allow them to perform even better.

I wouldn't be against grabbing a nice speedster or a big WR in the mid rounds, but I want nothing to do with one in the 1st or 2nd unless they don't value any other players.