If Penei was drafted at 5, is this a playoff team?

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(01-07-2022, 01:31 AM)Murdock2420 Wrote: He also had Jared Goff as his QB and Jared Goff's back-up while playing for the 2nd worst team in the league with an offense that for the forst 5 or 6 weeks focused on Swift, Williams and Hockenson. Look at the first few games, that offense was like the Browns, run the ball and pass the ball to the TE and the RB. 

This isn't a situation where you can look at stats and go, player A does this same thing in this different setting. It is a totally different offense, with a huge upgrade at QB.  First three games he had a total of 6 targets, that's horrible. Hockenson had 8 targets in the first game. The eye test shows the St. Brown has the skill to be an elite WR, and once given the opportunity and the targets he produced. Better QB, he gets started sooner I believe, but again there is no way to be certain. 

Would he do exactly that here?  No.  But that's the data we have to try and determine what he would do.  He struggled early in the year.  Maybe he does better here, but how much better?  Maybe he does worse.  He honestly doesn't seem like a scheme fit at all.  Chase averages 13 targeted air yards, Higgins 12.1, and Boyd 8.  St. Brown is at 7.1.  That's about as dink and dunk as it gets for an offense that wants to push the ball downfield.