Lets Face It, Losing Jones and Sanu Hurts

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(03-18-2016, 02:14 PM)gobobro Wrote: Damn few teams in the NFL have an AJ Green caliber receiver on their team. Damn few teams have a Tyler Eifert caliber tight end on their team. Almost no other team in the league has both, and a couple of solid running backs... I liked Marvin Jones, but we can replace his production.

I'd have an easier time with that had Marvin Jones barely factored into our 2015 passing game, but he had 65 receptions and over 800 yards.  Interestingly, the Steelers are facing a similiar loss at WR with Bryant being suspended for the year.  Sure, they can say that they can easily replace his production because they have Antonio Brown and LeVeon Bell but even with other options both Jones and Bryant factored pretty heavily into the offensive production.

I guess I'm a bit gunshy because I've seen people around here claim that anyone can succeed with AJ/Chad getting all the attention and/or it didn't matter who our RB was because our line was so good at run-blocking etc.  Actually, it's ALMOST the time of year where we start to declare our WR corps the best in the NFL and talk about how opposing DC's are going to face a task unlike any the NFL has ever seen trying to defend against our passing attack.

We shall see!