Our WRs in 2009... My Thoughts

[44Deezel]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

I was thinking the same exact thing. Imagine how much the FO would have been ripped if they drafted Royal or DeSean Jackson? By the way, the other 'big' WR that we were considering in the draft James Hardy had 9 catches for 87 yards.

If this front office traded for a healthy Tom Brady JLC would criticize them for him being a character risk for having a baby out of wedlock.

Wide Receiver seems like such a situational position to me. Kelly could have probably gone to Denver and put up the same stats as Eddie Royal, Thomas could have probably gone to Philly and produced like DeSean Jackson and DeSean Jackson could have come here and been inactive most of the year (due to poor attitude and excessive clubbing). Hardy's got talent, but the Bills offense might be as dysfunctional as ours.

It just seems that WR stats fluctuate wildly based on circumstance. Look when Welker goes to NE, Moss goes to Oakland, Roddy White gets a new QB, Santana is all over the map, etc.)

I just find it hard to believe that we whiffed completely on Kelly, Thomas and Davis. With our offense being one of the worst in the league, I don't see how we could have done any worse with those guys on the field. And like I've said many times, there are ways to move the ball and score points without relying heavily on receivers (San Diego, Miami, Baltimore, KC, for many years, etc.).

I'm more inclined to point to other factors, such as poor coaching and development, poor pass protection and/or poor QB play (hard to tell for sure what's to blame), and poor play calling.

And it's not just with rookies. We take guys like Brandon Lloyd and David Patten and get little to no production out of them (New Orleans and Chicago got at least marginal production from both of them). There are systemic problems with the Skins than supercede any deficiencies with the players.