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Originally Posted by -King-
I mean we could use Toney like a regular wide receiver now and don't. I don't see why getting someone to do the gadget stuff would help Toney. It's not like we HAVE to use him in an exclusive gadget role now or even need an exclusive gadget player.
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We don't HAVE to, no. But Reid clearly WANTS to.
So if we're going to have the gadget plays in there (we clearly are) and we're going to try to limit the wear on Toney (we clearly are) and he's the guy best suited to run said gadget plays (I believe he is) then that's where many of his snaps are going to be allocated.
Kindof a simple math problem. I mean sure, you can assume that any of those statements are false and if so the whole thing falls apart - but I don't think they are.
So it's boxing Toney into that role and out of more dynamic ones. I think Hardman can help obviate those issues. At that point we can still limit the wear on Toney by keeping his snaps down while using him downfield more. We can not 'waste pitches' on him for gadget plays that Hardman can run (and likely run more effectively) and Reid can keep those gadget plays in his playbook since I still think he uses those in large part to set up other stuff to work off them.