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Originally Posted by Meks
I firmly believe in Lane & Luke taking step forward. That is the main basis of where my confidence comes from... But more slot as you mentioned - But would definitely add BA if the chance comes and give Lane a shot at stretching the field opposite of Terry.
Plenty of valid points - especially when youre talking about a #2 - Brown will end up there most likely, which eh, you'd hope he's still improving but... remains to be seen for sure.
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I do not understand where your firm belief in Lane and Luke is coming from as it is certainly not from production or field time even in a heavily wounded year.
We are all fans and I get that, but hard evidence is lacking.
This sounds more like wishful thinking, hope or best case scenario to me.
Arguably, you can take any roster's 4 or 5 who returns kicks and have the same production here. The reason they are on the roster is the kicking game, not to be a primary receiving threat. I wish it weren't true but dang, Terry goes down an all you have is a single catch per game? That doesn't exactly screen productivity to me.
Ask yourself this question, would you rather have Deebo's production or these two?
They are on the roster because they are cheap, play teams and maybe could develop into some sort of backup receiver role. Unfortunately they didn't do the receiver part that well last year. We definitely have a Skins bias, but it is possible, but not likely, one could be cut because our rookie returns kicks too. That only happens if we sign 2 free agent receivers, which I would argue would be better for the team this year. If we could have them on the practice squad, we should, but that would be stolen.
If your WR are on the roster only to avoid being stolen on a practice squad, it tells you your WR room is crappy.
Saying all that, there is a world where Luke or Lane spent the off-season with a WR guru teaching them how to separate. That is the only way I see them click and moving up from w wr 4 and wr 5.
The rookie is likely already ahead of them in that category and in the NFL (ask Terry) route running is what separates starters from backups.
Ya gotta make life a little easier on your first year OC, and add the fact that Jayden has to learn life under center and you have enough learning curve challenges. I wish we had two Terrys. Diggs would be a game changer for me. Let our coach manage his personality. Gibbs did this all the time and won superbowls