Unit Analysis: Wide Receivers

[BigSKINBauer]

i don't mind people thinking that we suck because we will prove everyone wrong.... i hope and that is just more fun

It is ignorant to say that gibbs didn't target these players that he got for a reason. The speed is the factor, i just heard cerratto on Total Access and he spoke of how short but how FAST that our recievers were. Gibbs targetted Moss and Patten and MOss happened to fall through and when gibbs saw that we could trade for him he did. In terms of yards per carry if you line up the recievers with 40 or more catches. the order goes somin like this, ashlie lelie, santana moss, and david patten. we now have 2 of the top 3 which will for sure stretch the field. i don't know about the rest of you but the most important thing in my eyes is not even production it is stretching the field. Do i expect moss to get 90 catches like coles... no but i do expect him to get more than 10 yards per carry. If we gain even the same yardage in total with moss as with coles it will help us just because we stretched the field. The defenses last year just stayed up at the line and knew that there was no deep threat and this didn't allow portis to run. Basically what i am saying is that we may not have the best set but we have the deepest threat possiblity in the league with fast speed and proven WRs who have been able to get 15+ yards per carry very consistantly. And these type of players are those that we need to open up our game and do what we want to do.
ANd portis helping in running will help in passing.

[memphisskin]

Potentially we have quite an impressive array of wideouts, in terms of production the grade of C is generous. We were last in plays of 40+ yards last year and near the bottom in plays of 20+ yards. To change that we went out and got some more speed at wideout, which will hopefully result in more big plays. I like our guys, I've been a Taylor Jacobs fan since draft day 3 yrs ago, and hopefully they play at higher than a C level.

I think the success of our offense will rest on the offensive line.

[BigSKINBauer]

Originally Posted by memphisskin

Potentially we have quite an impressive array of wideouts, in terms of production the grade of C is generous. We were last in plays of 40+ yards last year and near the bottom in plays of 20+ yards. To change that we went out and got some more speed at wideout, which will hopefully result in more big plays. I like our guys, I've been a Taylor Jacobs fan since draft day 3 yrs ago, and hopefully they play at higher than a C level.

I think the success of our offense will rest on the offensive line.

40 yard plays..... i thought those were only in fairytales. i have forgotten how they look