Let's not sleep on Auden Tate in the WR mix

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(06-08-2020, 05:01 PM)Au165 Wrote: Separation is the most overrated argument people use, he gets more than Mike Williams. He essentially gets the same amount of separation as Dez Bryant used to, and I'd use him the same way (slant, slug-go, fade). Better thrown balls create YAC. As I said, I think with good QB play he can be Mike Williams which is a high end 2 in this league.

As to the TE argument, simply calling someone a TE doesn't change who he is or how defenses will play him. He isn't going to quickly become a competent blocking TE, so you aren't going to attach him inline. This means you are essentially playing him as an H-Back which is just a fancy way of saying bigger WR. When people fall in love with H-Backs it's because they can split wide and create matchup issues, one of those being too big for CB's (he is already that), and too fast for LB's (adding weight doesn't help that), so he is already that match up. 

And on Mike Williams' year he has the most receiving yards in his career? Philip Rivers threw 20 INT, 1 shy of his career high and nearly DOUBLE the amount he had thrown each of the previous two years.

And on Dez Bryant's year he had the most receiving yards in his career? Tony Romo led the league in INTs.


- - - - -
Separation is really not overrated because CBs generally can't intercept passes they're not near. They also can't immediately tackle a WR if they need to first catch up to them.

Imagine truly believing that the ability to beat your opponent is overrated in a sport. Lol