Wide Receiver Josh Reynolds to Titans

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(03-22-2021, 08:21 PM)jj22 Wrote: Calls for a deep threat wideout are outdated. Especially with a qb who isn't a bombs away qb. We need receivers who can catch and run from 10-19 yards out. 

No need for a deep threat with Burrow. Higgins can go deep here and there to keep the D honest. 

Plus in a play action offense like we run, you don't need too much speed that will have a wideout outrun the play. 

Burrow completed 44 of 78 passes of 20+ air yards for 1689 yards, 22 TD's, and 2 INT's his senior year at LSU.  He very much is a bombs away QB.  We don't have bombs away receivers.  What QB's are having success throwing deep balls to WR's that run 4.58 and 4.59 40's like Boyd and Higgins?

Higgins had 2 40+ yard catches last year and one of them was the play against the Colts where Burrow hit him in stride after the CB got caught looking in the backfield on a double move and still recovered to run him down and make the tackle.  That doesn't keep DC's honest.

At the end of the day, the only reason people were looking at Reynolds is they were trying to find a WR with 600 yards last year that could hypothetically be had for cheap regardless of scheme fit or need and he had ties to Taylor.