Should the Skins' FO pick up the phone...

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Originally Posted by SOUL-SKINS

How does it look worse? We have the same guys as last year(one year older but still) with a slue of new guys. I agree that maybe only one out of the bunch may work out but i really don't see us being worse off. If anything else were in the same exact position as last year. All we need is one of these new guys to step up and we will be better off then last year already.

Last year we had two competitors who could both handle the position, conditional on different things (for Jansen, health, and for Heyer, development). This year we have about 4 competitors with various reasons to play them, but Heyer is the only guy I'd classify as starting caliber, and that, still is contingent on further development. So, if Heyer wins the position, beating out the competition, I'd view that as a positive. If Bridges or Williams wins it, I think that would be more of a negative, settling for a player who is worse than we thought we had last year.

The fact that Jansen isn't really in the discussion means there is no incumbant, no level of play to improve on from last year. So if four games into a season, the performance from two or more guys is giant gaping hole caliber...well, then it's back to the drawing board. In October.

So that's how it's a worse situation than last year. Obviously the extra bodies represent a concerted effort to improve an area of need, which worked well with WR last year.