Roy Williams (WR) for a 2nd Round Pick?

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

I agree but Mix has only 1 yr under his belt and could turn out to be special in the right scheme. Same with McMullen and Mann...both drafted by other teams and possibly they are no good but maybe in the right scheme they flourish. Lloyd is a bum, Toler = ?, Harris never showed much, Thrash has not produced as a WR as he did in his first stint, McCardell is old, Espy I liked alot but will he play or be injured every yr?, Moss and El are great #2/#3 but sub par #1/#2. We need a legitimate #1 WR who is tall and big to compliment our speed WR and possession WR.

I agree with the majority of this assessment but disagree with the bolded part. For those of you with "tall receiver" fascination one name: Steve Smith.

In the receiver dept. what we need is a receiver, regardless of height, who gets open in the endzone inside the redzone and takes some of the coverage away from Cooley. Height is helpful but not determinative. It certainly comes in handy on corner fades and the occasional jump ball, but, other than that, it is short area separation, not height, that is most important.

For whatever reason, neither Moss nor ARE seem particularly suited for the redzone (not sure what their stats there are - but would not be surprised to see the majority of their TD's come from 20 yards or beyond). But M. Harrison, who is not gigantic by any means seems to do well in the short field, ditto Steve Smith.

Not sure where we find the red-zone Cooley compliment that we need. But whereever we look, we should not say that only WR's 6' 2" and over need apply.