****Our Wide Receivers Suck- Official Thread****

[Sofa King]

They can’t get open, they drop passes in their hands, their jet sweeps are slow and terrible. These guys are not good.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

Yes, I would wager that Rice - this year - cannot match what MVS does with the route tree he runs. MVS consistently has the highest - or amongst the few highest - average depth of target in the league. This isn't about just replacing yards - it's the routes he runs and the way he threatens defenses.

We signed MVS for a very specific purpose, and he did what was asked of him at a salary commensurate with other players who performed similarly. And then, when we needed him to step outside his box, he did with flying colors in the most important game *I* think this team has played in a long time.

Maybe they need to consider asking him to step outside that box again?

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15

Maybe they need to consider asking him to step outside that box again?

Or maybe, just maybe, they can allow younger players to step into that role and develop?

Comparative advantage, my friend. Guns and butter.

[OKchiefs]

No problem with whatever role MVS has this year, perhaps a little less pleased with Watson’s role. However, I personally think the ideal scenario is the young guys step up enough that MVS becomes expendable by next year to save some money against the cap.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15

Maybe they need to consider asking him to step outside that box again?

Is it too much to ask for him to do it half a dozen times in a season? I mean, we're paying him more than $956,000/catch. You'd think we could expect more than 2.5 catches/game.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by JPH83

Maybe not but if the whole point of having a committee of guys is to fit specific roles, someone is going to take those JJSS snaps. It's one guy or multiple, but if your mantra is reps and more reps, maybe it's more realistic that one guy steps up than it's spread to multiple people getting fewer reps.

Anyway, point I was trying to make is that it's the JJSS role that is missing and needs filling (as everyone says), if anything, and that I maintain that SHOULDN'T be an impossible dream.

I just think there are terms a few of you guys are too stuck on that really don't matter.

Juju's role- is irrelevant. The guy was here for one season. He carved himself out a role. No one guy must 'fill Juju's role'. Guys need to carve out their own roles, not fill some guy who's not here anymore.

The production overall is all that matters. The production needs to be replaced. Not shoehorning guys into someone else's shoes.

We should have learned this last season, where nobody replaced Tyreek, but the team overall was even more successful.

The go-to guys will emerge.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by MahomesMagic

I was told that we couldn't afford 10-12 million to pay a #1 or #2 WR.

They can't.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

Or maybe, just maybe, they can allow younger players to step into that role and develop?

Comparative advantage, my friend. Guns and butter.

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MVS can do more, AND you can give Rice more snaps and learn.

It's not a zero-sum game.

But giving MVS 90% of the offensive snaps for him to run clearout routes all day and get two targets isn't good for anyone.

[New World Order]

I want Jefferson and Evans. Throw in Pickens.

[O.city]

Maybe they should throw the ball to MVS more often

[MahomesMagic]

Originally Posted by O.city

They can't.

Based on what?

[O.city]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15

1 catch for 6 yards in the other 2 playoff games combined.

Interesting thinking that someone should be getting snaps over a promising rookie simply because he had a great playoff game.

It doesn't matter, because as DJ pointed out, Andy is gonna Andy. It's a trust issue, and ironically he's not allowing Rice to gain trust because he won't put him on the field.

Here seems to be your issue.

I can only speak for myself, but...yeah, I'm ok with that?

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by O.city

Maybe they should throw the ball to MVS more often

As I mentioned above, that's fine too. He's effectively your WR1 with the snaps you're giving him.

So if you don't trust Rice to take those snaps, utilize MVS more than what you're currently doing - he's essentially a high paid decoy as they are using him now.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by MahomesMagic

Based on what?

The fact that they have like, 2.5 million dollars in cap space?

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by O.city

Here seems to be your issue.

I can only speak for myself, but...yeah, I'm ok with that?

When in the last 5 years have we had a WR room that looked like this?

This is unprecedented territory.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15

When in the last 5 years have we had a WR room that looked like this?

This is unprecedented territory.

JFC, here we go again.

This is the same WR room from last year minus JuJu and a guy that missed the majority of the season. This room easily has more young talent. Please stop pretending otherwise.