Rank our WRs

[Brownshoe]

(05-24-2016, 02:37 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: I didn't get a chance to defend myself yesterday so I will try to do so now in a succinct manner.

I think the departure of Marvin Jones leaves us void of a deep threat who can do more than just that on the outside. The only guy with any deep speed (other than AJ) is Alford, and he isn't going to be out there much if at all. Without that deep threat, you will see teams roll cloud coverage to AJs side every play. The back left of the field(from Dalton's eyes) will not need to be protected as thoroughly as it used to be.

Brownshoe (and others) argue that a rookie WR can come in here and just tear the place up, but if you want a look at what the stud rookie receivers did last year, here is a list.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft/positions/_/id/1/year/2015/wide-receivers
and here is 2014
http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft/positions/_/id/1/year/2014/wide-receivers

but please tell me more about rookie WRs seamlessly transitioning into the NFL.

Exhibit A: Marqis Lee vs Tyler Boyd... Seems pretty similar, and I haven't seen marqis lee destroy this league yet.. but im waiting....  (compared these two because of their draft placement and college careers are similar)
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/marqise-lee-1.html
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/tyler-boyd-1.html

So while the production of Sanu and Jones isn't something spectacular on paper, there were many things they did to keep the defense honest (especially MJ). The left side of our offense got a ton weaker and things will be rougher for AJ this year.

On top of all of this, one injury brings in the Tate train... or who knows who else. We honestly don't have much depth outside of our top 3 which is the main reason why I think our WR room isn't as polished and set as some others on this board claim it to be.

Look at the rookie WR's that were drafted to teams that needed WR... they all seemed to produce with the exception of a few. A lot of rookie WRs that don't produce get drafted to teams where there's already a couple of solid WRs in front of them.

LaFell doesn't have blazing speed, but he's played the outside fine on other teams. The last time he played on the outside the majority of the time is when he had almost 1k yards and 7 TDs.

Last year one injury brings in the "Tate train" too, so I don't see your point. The WR core is fine, and it's just as good as last year. Hell it might even be better.