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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
I tend to disagree.
I am suspicious of a guy with such a high rate of contested catches throughout his career (it was 1/4 of all targets) and also such a shitty conversion rate (he converted about 40 percent of his contested catch situations against Big 10 and ACC corners. NFL corners gonna shut that shit down).
I think he's going to be massively disappointing and Allen is going to throw picks trying to squeeze it into him, then eventually give up and give those targets to Shakir and Kincaid instead (guys who can actually separate and get open).
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I still think Allen's the exact wrong style of QB for someone like him.
Precise passers can be underneath guys; dink and dunk sorts because the low reward is offset by low risk. But guys with the erratic ball placement that Allen demonstrates on occasion need to be pushing the ball downfield more.
If Allen's gonna miss, at least miss downfield where your guy can maybe adjust and a turnover at least acts like a mediocre punt. But if you're missing close, there's little your guy can do, he's probably gonna get blasted and an interception can go the other way. Moreover, if you DON'T miss, you gain 7 yards and have to do it all over again the next play.
There's this sentiment among fans (and some teams) that inaccurate passers should work short and I just don't agree. If you're not super accurate - be Eli Manning. Short passing games should be reserved for guys like Alex Smith who have good timing/precision but lack aggression and arm strength. For Bo Nix.
And Coleman's a guy who's going to work best in a shorter passing system, IMO.
It's just a bad QB/WR/System fit, IMO.