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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
In all of these 'holy shit the WR's ****ing suck ass' discussions, I find it interesting that a lot of you guys severely under-estimate just how bad they are.
These are not JAGS. These guys have nightly emissions DREAMING of one day becoming a JAG. These guys collectively forgot how to play football at even a high school level. They're terrible. They're not even CFL level.
Last year, we won a SB with a one legged Juju and this group, and had the #1 offense in just about any meaningful category, including 'explosive plays'. THAT was a bunch of JAGS.
That entire group (minus Long Juju Silver) regressed to a state of completely unplayable, clueless, three stooges level ineptitude.
Patience, I counseled. The whole group couldn't possibly regress like this. They'll snap out of it.
Apparently not.
Yeah, we need to clean house and get some actual professional receivers. We don't have to **** our cap to do it, and we don't have to trade multiple picks, and we don't have to go batshit crazy.
As it turns out, a Thielen type probably would have saved this season. (And I was an advocate of signing him or someone like him this past offseason.)
Rice is a bright spot in this shit sandwich. You need a speedy deep threat who can actually catch the ball, and you need a steady pro who knows where to be and when and then to actually catch the ball. Fill those two roles, and we're back in business.
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MVS was never a WR1 or WR2 in GB. He was a complimentary depth player. Justin Watson was on a ****ing PS the month before we got him to a futures deal. Toney was never WR1 or WR2 in NY and Skyy wasn't good last year at all.
They entered this season with a bunch of WR3's at best, lottery tickets (Ross) and Rice.
Last year the offense could cover that up because it ran through Juju, a healthier more youthful Kelce and Pacheco/healthy McKinnon while MVS, Watson, Toney and Skyy were rotational depth players that got targeted sometimes. This year it's all on those guys and we see the result.
It's a talent issue and idk how anyone can say it isn't. The Raiders DB's didn't one time backpedal. They just crashed down every snap to take away the short passes.
This offense badly needs a a veteran WR like Juju and more youth. They also need to stop with the old injured players like McKinnon too.
They need to do a reset and get some serious weapons in here at WR and RB.