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celts32 · 12-30-2004, 03:08 PM

I will try to answer a couple posts at once in regards to my assessment of Coles. I do watch every second of every Redskins game. I have noticed his production increase with Ramsey at QB, but it is still not up to the production of a #1 WR IMO. Where are the big plays and TD's? He has caught more and dropped less since Ramsey took over, that I will accept as a good point, but he is still not making the game changing plays that I expect from my #1 WR. I guess we could argue all day as to which is more to blame the WR's or the QB play. I think Coles is a good player, just not a difference maker that I thought he would be and that his contract says he should be.

I will retract the "trainwreck" comment...that was not fair or accurate. And I am also not trying to imply that we should get rid of Coles. I am not one of those overreacting fans that want to ship every player off the team. I think he can be one of the better #2's in the league. I just don't see him as a top WR on a playoff caliber team. I measure a WR not by the catches and yards accumulated, but rather by the impact he has on the offense and the games outcome. How much impact can Coles 90 catches have had if Redskins are one of the lowest scoring teams in the league?

12-30-2004, 03:08 PM	#42
celts32 Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hackettstown NJ Age: 54 Posts: 2,665	I will try to answer a couple posts at once in regards to my assessment of Coles. I do watch every second of every Redskins game. I have noticed his production increase with Ramsey at QB, but it is still not up to the production of a #1 WR IMO. Where are the big plays and TD's? He has caught more and dropped less since Ramsey took over, that I will accept as a good point, but he is still not making the game changing plays that I expect from my #1 WR. I guess we could argue all day as to which is more to blame the WR's or the QB play. I think Coles is a good player, just not a difference maker that I thought he would be and that his contract says he should be. I will retract the "trainwreck" comment...that was not fair or accurate. And I am also not trying to imply that we should get rid of Coles. I am not one of those overreacting fans that want to ship every player off the team. I think he can be one of the better #2's in the league. I just don't see him as a top WR on a playoff caliber team. I measure a WR not by the catches and yards accumulated, but rather by the impact he has on the offense and the games outcome. How much impact can Coles 90 catches have had if Redskins are one of the lowest scoring teams in the league?