if Fitz got hurt and no Q

[Jetstream Green]

I believe our WRs would play great with Fitz, Breaston and Doucet if Boldin got traded but if Fitz gets hurt...it starts looking really shakey with a team for the present whose immediate future resides on the passing game with the talent we now have. No Boldin, and this team seems to ride on the belief Fitz will not get hurt...Breaston is a fantastic 2nd WR with a number 1 qualified WR but without....don't know about that one.

 

[artp]

I just made a similar post elsewhere. We are HOPING Doucet is Playoff quality. We are HOPING Breaston is a #2. And, if we go with that; we will have to PRAY no WR gets injured.

 

[Ryanwb]

Let's be realistic, how many teams have superstar players backing up their super star players?

What if Tom Brady got hurt?
What is Adrian Peterson was injured?

Just about every team in the league would be thrown into the same position if they lost a #1 reciever

 

[Jetstream Green]

LOL, i just responded to that post, and it would be one of the reasons I would sign Holt...Warner is familiar with him and it provides a safety net at the number one WR position if God forbid Fitz got hurt

 

[Jetstream Green]

Brady got hurt and the Pats had an adequate replacement
Peterson got hurt and the Vikes had some options adequate to the position though not at the level of Peterson

Fitz gets hurt...and your completely comfortable with Breaston as a number 1?

love Breaston as a number 2 but not a number 1, maybe I'm wrong and hopefully I'll never have to find out

 

[SuperSpck]

Let's be realistic, how many teams have superstar players backing up their super star players?

What if Tom Brady got hurt?
What is Adrian Peterson was injured?

Just about every team in the league would be thrown into the same position if they lost a #1 reciever

There's no doubt in my mind that Chester Taylor could carry the load for a while.

He's not AP (who is) but he's underrated outside Baltimore and Minnesota.

If he were this team's speed back I'd be thrilled.

 

[O]

Q gets hurt every season and we still survive.

 

[stewdog1]

Q gets hurt every season and we still survive.

A point lost on many.

 

[Stout]

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, every day would be Christmas. If, if, if. How about this if: if we don't get a top RB and keep Edge, who is comfortable with the direction of our running game? I'm not, that's for damn sure. Here's another if: If trading Boldin nets us the spot to draft a top RB, as well as another pick or two, would it drastically improve our chances of an improved running game? I think that would be an emphatic yes.

Okay, that's the plus side. Now, if we get rid of Boldin, will we feel his loss? Absolutely, but I don't think it will kill our offense either. Will it make our WR depth chart weaker? Sure will, but again, not impossibly thin IMO.

My point is that it's simply not possible to improve at this point in the offseason without giving something up. Want to improve the pass rush? We have to use a high pick, IMO. Want to improve our RB situation? Again, we have to use a high pick, IMO. I don't think we have two high enough picks to do both. Given the right deal for Boldin, we might just.

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

My point is that it's simply not possible to improve at this point in the offseason without giving something up. Want to improve the pass rush? We have to use a high pick, IMO. Want to improve our RB situation? Again, we have to use a high pick, IMO. I don't think we have two high enough picks to do both. Given the right deal for Boldin, we might just.

Here's hoping any high pick we use for a RB turns out better than the last 5-6.

 

[Shane]

Let's be realistic, how many teams have superstar players backing up their super star players?

What if Tom Brady got hurt?
What is Adrian Peterson was injured?

Just about every team in the league would be thrown into the same position if they lost a #1 reciever

Tom Brady did get hurt and it = Matt Cassell (last year)

Adrian Peterson = Chester Taylor (not a bad back up plan)

 

[Shane]

Q gets hurt every season and we still survive.

Q only gets hurt in 2/3 of his years. And did anyone really think we would all die?

 

[dogpoo32]

Q gets hurt every season and we still survive.

Up until these past two seasons I would hardly call it surviving. If we trade Q and Fitz goes down, Warner not only has a horrible season, he's done after this year.

 

[Jetstream Green]

Yes, Q got hurt and we had Fitz...that is the whole point. Do we have a WR who could play up to a level of being a #1 WR if Fitz got hurt without Boldin on the team. I know Breaston had a better year than most #1 Wrs on other teams but that was playing on a passing offense which had Boldin and Fitz playing with him, or just Fitz to take some coverage off of him. At this point, Breaston is a stud #2 but maybe not yet a number 1.

 

[Shane]

Yes, Q got hurt and we had Fitz...that is the whole point. Do we have a WR who could play up to a level of being a #1 WR if Fitz got hurt without Boldin on the team. I know Breaston had a better year than most #1 Wrs on other teams but that was playing on a passing offense which had Boldin and Fitz playing with him, or just Fitz to take some coverage off of him. At this point, Breaston is a stud #2 but maybe not yet a number 1.

At this point Breaston is a stud #3

 

[Goldfield]

At this point Breaston is a stud #3

agree

 

[Goldfield]

When you have a good QB, you tend to find solid WR's simply because the QB gets them the ball.

 

[Goldfield]

Here's hoping any high pick we use for a RB turns out better than the last 5-6.

That had as much or more to do with the OLine that it did the RB's.

 

[Shogun]

I still have no faith in Breaston being anymore than a slot guy.

 

[CardLogic]

Round and round and round we go...

 

[JeffGollin]

None of our wideouts are 100% interchangeable.

There are things Fitz can do that no other Cardinal receiver (heck no other NFL receiver) can do.

There things Q can do that no other Cardinal receiver (at least right now) can do.

Breaston and Urban are better than OK running & executing certain routes, but aren't Fitz and aren't Boldin in any aspect of their games.

The hope is that Doucet will evolve into Boldin II, but will have to get bigger, stronger and more consistent to come close.

What happens if we lose Fitz? Important parts of our passing attack (most notably red zone fades and deep passes which stretch the field) would be missing from Warner's arsenal.

It doesn't mean our passing attack would be awful, but it would mean that the Ferrari would be more like a Saturn.

 

[joeshmo]

I still have no faith in Breaston being anymore than a slot guy.

Considering it was Boldin playing most of the time in the slot last year and it was Breaston who was drawing the #2 CB according to a statistical analysis by scouts inc. I have plenty of faith Breaston is a good #2 WR in the NFL.

 

[DoTheDew]

Tom Brady did get hurt and it = Matt Cassell (last year)

Adrian Peterson = Chester Taylor (not a bad back up plan)

Tom Brady did get hurt and Pats missed the playoffs. Cassel was solid, but it was clear that there was a drop off.

Chester Taylor is ok, but there is a significant drop off and you can't realistically deny it. Peterson is good enough to singlehandedly win a game or two for Minnesota, Taylor isn't.

You pretty much just proved his point.

 

[lauraw]

Jetsream- what about doucet? isn't he the wildcard? 428, a very good motor...

 

[binkar]

Brady got hurt and the Pats had an adequate replacement
Peterson got hurt and the Vikes had some options adequate to the position though not at the level of Peterson

Fitz gets hurt...and your completely comfortable with Breaston as a number 1?

love Breaston as a number 2 but not a number 1, maybe I'm wrong and hopefully I'll never have to find out

Tom Brady did get hurt and it = Matt Cassell (last year)

Adrian Peterson = Chester Taylor (not a bad back up plan)

Come on people. Let's not act like everyone new Cassell was an adequate replacement. The guy never beat out a single QB at the college level (granted he played behind some good ones), but to say anyone new Cassell was going to be as successful as he was is a flat out lie.

I can understand the Chester Taylor argument.

We can't build our team in fear of injuries.

Only 2 other teams in the league had 2 receivers with over 1,000 yards and that was New England (Moss had 2 more yards than Breaston), and Green Bay (Driver had 6 more yards than Breaston). My point is any team in the league would be in trouble losing their #1 receiver and Breaston (though not even close to being #1 receiver quality) is a better option than the majority of receivers out there.

That said, we CANNOT lose Q without vastly improving our running game somehow.