10-16-2016, 10:34 PM
(10-16-2016, 10:10 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Yes I defended his hands all offseason and I still stand by that. People were claiming he had Greg Little hands and that he'd drop 20 passes, etc. That talk was way over the top. LaFell isn't exactly Rice (or even MLJ) in that department, but he's not embarrassingly bad (ala Little) either. Today didn't change my stance. It was just one bad play. I'm satisfied overall with LaFell's performance. He's been a solid stop gap and I think our problems lie elsewhere.
Yeah, don't think he has Greg Little hands, but I wouldn't rate them a plus skill.
Most of the problems lie elsewhere, you're right. That said, I still think having an Anquan Boldin type WR to be the super-reliable hands on third down and the like would be awfully nice. Dude isn't a deep threat at all (not that he was ever much of one), but dang, 36 years old and he put up 8/60/1 today. Must be comfortable for a QB to know that safety valve is always open.
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