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Originally Posted by jrocx69
your not understanding the purpose of having this guy... he will be great for stretching the D, with 4.3 speed and good hands, rookie or not, the D will have to pay attention to him. meaning the FS is gonna slide over and play deep. and thats great, we made more of an opening for portis... get it? no one respected our wr's last year, and no one will this year... we need that caliber player to help us out with that (and gibbs calling more deep routes). Stretching the opposing D is what portis needs. you just dont see alot of speed and hands combination unless they are drafted in round 1.
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I have to agree with that. Having a speedster will help with stretching the d. Short passing routes and the running game will be more productive. Think of how many tackles Shawn Taylor made against the run last year. He did it because he didn't have to play deep very often (thanks to our corners). We need to take opposing safteys away from the line of scrimmage.
Imagine... Coles, Williamson, Jacobs, Thrash in a 4 receiver set. Now send them deep and pass to Portis (with a step) one on one against an LB. Talk about room to run....