WR Observations

[JasonKGME]

I notice alot of people making comments about our WR corp and how we need to resign Jenkins/Sanders, find a Vet, or draft with our 1st pick.

I want to remind everyone of a similar conversations going on last year about our RB situation.

Everyone was worried about TJ/Shipp saying we should go out and get a Vet or use a high pick in the draft. Everyone was worried TJ was a bust and that Shipp hadn't had any Pro carries yet. The team however appeared to be fairly happy with who they had.

Reason I bring this up is because I think Jerry Sullivan is one of the best WR talent evaluators/teachers in the League. And one thing I remember Jerry mentioning is that he felt the best reciever on the team never got a chance to show it and that was Gilmore. He also talked about how much he thought McCadley had improved and was going to suprise alot of people.

Now my belief is the reason they let Boston walk, and haven't spent any serious time searching for a Vet is because much like last years RB situation, the team is fairly happy with the young guys on the team and the development they have seen.

We have some very young but in Sullivans eyes tallented WR's on this team in McCadley, Gilmore, Kasper. Maybe those are our #1, #2 & #3 Wr's this year, and only reason we are even offering Jenkins a contract is to be the Kick Returner and another deep threat for the Blake long ball, but we arent overly concerned with signing him because we have our starting recievers allready?

Just a thought.

 

[Red Air Force]

I agree, although I still would have prefered to have signed Boston.

I have a feeling he will miss several games with his knee injury, but if he stays healthy this season, he would have had a major impact on the club.

 

[JeffGollin]

Points well-taken. We wouldn't be in bad shape going into battle with a top 3 of McAddley/Gilmore/Kasper.

But the role of premier go-to guy would remain a questionmark til proven otherwise, and our depth would be depleted. (Remember how fast we went through all our wideouts last year)? And while Poole and Soliday have promise, neither have proved yet that opposing defenses should be terrified of them.

Bottom line - We might be able to squeak by (like we did last year when we didn't have veteran backup support behind Jake). But we'd be playing with fire.

That doesn't mean we should necessarily draft Rogers or Johnson, but it would help to either/or: sign Frankie and/or Mar Tay, add a WR in the draft, pick up a veteran free agent WR.

 

[BACH]

Originally posted by JeffGollin
That doesn't mean we should necessarily draft Rogers or Johnson, but it would help to either/or: sign Frankie and/or Mar Tay, add a WR in the draft, pick up a veteran free agent WR.

Agreed. Sullivan is probably the best teacher at WR in the League, but what if Gilmore/McAddley/Kasper don't pan out? Some experience would definately help.

You quite often see coaches overrating their young players. Remember Tobin thought Graham and Dexter were going to be quality starters...

 

[pinnacle]

ryan: I have pretty much been stating the same thing over the past week or two..I would like to resign a veteran or two for depth (given our history one can pretty much guarantee that at least one or maybe two of the mcad/gilm/kasper group will be injured) and special teams. I would rather have other guys flying all over the field on special teams. Martay was injured last year on special teams play..we need to protect whoever our starters are and not rely on them for full time special team duty--which is why we could use martay..maybe not as a top receiver - but as a kick returner and gunner.