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Watching the Field Yates ESPN review of Marv in college and I swear he's talking about a different kid.

Great after the catch, YAC beast. What?
What he does the best is make contested catches. What?

The funny thing is I watched the first 2 minutes of the video and almost every catch they showed was a body catch, I now totally get what Stroud meant when he called him a body catcher.
 

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In hindsignt I wish the Cards had a guy like D HOp they brought back just for the 1 year so Marv's rookie season wasn't all on him to be the guy. And also to give Marv someone to look at and learn from for one year. I know D Hop is not a big practice guy but so many things he did are things Marv really struggles with, contested catches, highpointing the ball, protecting the ball with his body, etc.
I think that's probably the biggest failure for him with the Cards this year that the most experienced receivers on the roster are dortch and Zay Jones.
 

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In hindsight I wish the Cards had a guy like D HOp they brought back just for the 1 year so Marv's rookie season wasn't all on him to be the guy. And also to give Marv someone to look at and learn from for one year. I know D Hop is not a big practice guy but so many things he did are things Marv really struggles with, contested catches, highpointing the ball, protecting the ball with his body, etc.
I think that's probably the biggest failure for him with the Cards this year that the most experienced receivers on the roster are dortch and Zay Jones.
Not having DHop this year, in my opinion, probably cost us 2-3 more in the "W" column. That's my story and, well, you know...
 
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Not having DHop this year, in my opinion, probably cost us 2-3 more in the "W" column. That's my story and, well, you know...

Yeah I know it was a money decision and it works for him he might be in the Super Bowl this year, but I think that would have been a real help to Marv this year to have a guy like that. I guess the argument is D Hop would be the X receiver and that's what they drafted Marv to do.

even a guy like Thielen who just knows how to get open and catch the ball would have been so valuable for Marv to have to learn from this year.

I saw a comment that rang true yesterday. In college he was a big fast guy and teams were concerned about him going by them so when he ran his route he was usually open. NFL teams started out early playing safeties over the top but quickly figured out, we don't really have to worry about him going by us, outside of a few busted plays where someone fell down or someone totally busted coverage, he hasn't ran by anybody all year. So those routes in front are now heavily contested, and he just isn't competitive enough for those balls
 
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