Comments on our Receiver Corps (6/15/06)

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Originally Posted by mheisig

I'm not saying because they are question marks they won't perform, I'm just saying we don't know enough to make any kind of judgement yet. Hence the "Question Mark" status.

I'm hoping they'll all be fantastic and they'll all be viable WR threats that will spread the field. Basically we have two receivers (Lloyd and Randel-El) who have short and unestablished careers. Thrash is good but no superstar, and Patten has been around the block, but go ahead and look at his career stats - pretty inconsistent. I'm not saying any of these guys CAN'T be great - I think they have fantastic potential given the athletecism and the system, but just coming out here and claiming they're all going to be amazing super stars and we'll have the best offense ever is the exact same damn thing we've done with Michael Westbrook, Taylor Jacobs, Albert Connell and all these other worthless receivers.

I will say that even if there is no standout #2 WR in this bunch, we do have good depth - there should be plenty of targets for Brunell and hopefully things will open up. My best bet is that Lloyd becomes our real #2 threat. Patten, Thrash and ARE are kind of a toss-up for #3 in my opinion. Lloyd was able to put up semi-respectable numbers in the worst offense in the league. Doesn't make him the next Jerry Rice, but I think he's got the best potential of the group.

I'm just saying wait until we have some actual evidence first. So far the only person worth bragging about is Moss.

I think this analysis is pretty much accurate. I do think we know what we are getting in Randle El. We get a number 2 reciever with great open field running skills, toughness, good blocking ability and solid hands. Lloyd is certainly a question mark at this point...but he is explosive when on.