12-11-2019, 02:42 PM
(12-11-2019, 12:32 PM)Wyche Wrote: Why can't you? There has been obvious improvement from day one with #19. The other two have remained turds for a few years now.
(12-11-2019, 01:14 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Possibility ?
Tate has improved on the field in actual games. That's not possibility !
Is Tate gonna be the next J. Rice ? I doubt it ? But I'm not going to just write off actual improvement in real games and take another totally unproven late rounder over Tate next season just because he can run faster.
Let's be real guys, he was terrible during the regular season last year. Of course he showed improvement. He couldn't get much worse. Willis has had a better rookie year than Tate and he's been bounced to the PS multiple times.
He hasn't shown any real improvement week to week during the regular season, either. The biggest difference I see from preseason is that he's doing much better at using his size after the catch to break/drag tacklers to the sticks.
I mocked Josh Tupou to us a bunch of times and he's shown improvement. It doesn't mean I'm comfortable with him starting if Billings leaves.
He is dead last in catch % among WR's with 25+ catches. He has 1 TD in 2 seasons. That's not starter quality.
Beyond that, presuming AJ leaves, we're looking at a top 3 of Boyd-Ross-Tate. Boyd isn't a true #1, Ross is too injury prone to be counted on, and Tate is mediocre and has also had his share of injury issues. That position group needs seriously addressed this upcoming off-season.
