No, to the earlier post, there is no reason for the Jags to look at Travis Benjamin in the off season. Robinson, Hurns, Lee, Greene, and Walters are fine. I also like Benn, currently on IR, who showed to me that he can ball.
I think Lee can continue to develop and gain chemistry with Bortles, and absolutely become a weapon in the slot for next year.
Quote:I don't see him surpassing Hurns. Lee is faster than Hurns, and more of a quick twitch athlete, but Hurns is so loaded with intangibles, like professionalism, reliability, and being great in the clutch (like the game winning catch he made in the Buffalo game). Hurns didn't get drafted because the scouts can't look inside a man's head and heart. I'll say this, if Lee surpasses Hurns, he'll be an All-Pro.
What I meant was Lee has the talent to surpass Hurns. Whether he can or not is the question. Lee being an All-Pro level player wouldn't surprise me once he gets over the injury hump.
In the last couple games when I see bortles pressing the defense underneath I assume it's Hurns who has caught the ball. Pleasantly I've been surprised that Lee has made the adjustment or broken his route to catch the ball.
If that relationship develops and Lee stays healthy, he may surpass Greene as the PR WR3. That being said he has a mountain to climb to surpass Greene and Walters. Taking the teal glasses off I believe bortles makes any receiver look very good.
I'm expecting him to have a decent season. In a perfect world he seemlessly replaces Allen Hurns if we're somehow unable to retain him.
If he is healthy he should be a great number 3 WR
Quote:No, to the earlier post, there is no reason for the Jags to look at Travis Benjamin in the off season. Robinson, Hurns, Lee, Greene, and Walters are fine. I also like Benn, currently on IR, who showed to me that he can ball.
I think Lee can continue to develop and gain chemistry with Bortles, and absolutely become a weapon in the slot for next year.
Absolutely not. We can't rely on Lee. We need another WR in the offseason. A. Robinson has convinced me he has elite speed and I see him doing more Z routes. I always thought he was the best X receiver in the league and our best target but I didn't think he was quite Z receiver worthy. With that said, I think our target should be a dominant horizontal slot guy (Y position). Walters is good but no reason to grab somebody else for low cash or low pick and see if we can upgrade atleast the depth.
I could see Lee being active for 12 games or so - and putting up 600-700 yds with a half dozen TDs next season.
Quote:No, to the earlier post, there is no reason for the Jags to look at Travis Benjamin in the off season. Robinson, Hurns, Lee, Greene, and Walters are fine. I also like Benn, currently on IR, who showed to me that he can ball.
I think Lee can continue to develop and gain chemistry with Bortles, and absolutely become a weapon in the slot for next year.
I know...this team is actually stacked with WRs. Gus recently mentioned that Sterling is their 5th WR and has been impressive in practice, and I don't even get how Gus is putting him at #5. That would suggest that Walters, Greene or Lee is #6. I'm also intrigued about Benn coming back because of all these guys, he's actually the fastest. After all these guys they have three WRs developing on their PS along with a couple jars on the shelf in Damian Copeland and Tony Washington coming off of IR. I think it's fair to say we're set at the position and wouldn't be adding any more...especially if they re-sign Walters.
Has Sterling even had a reception this year?
Quote:I know...this team is actually stacked with WRs. Gus recently mentioned that Sterling is their 5th WR and has been impressive in practice, and I don't even get how Gus is putting him at #5. That would suggest that Walters, Greene or Lee is #6. I'm also intrigued about Benn coming back because of all these guys, he's actually the fastest. After all these guys they have three WRs developing on their PS along with a couple jars on the shelf in Damian Copeland and Tony Washington coming off of IR. I think it's fair to say we're set at the position and wouldn't be adding any more...especially if they re-sign Walters.
I wonder if Lee would have any trade value if he were to have a healthy and productive preseason next year? We can't pay all these guys.
Quote:Has Sterling even had a reception this year?
Not yet. He's been active for 8 games playing mostly special teams.
2 sore hammys, and a partridge in a pair tree.....
for him to be on the bench hurt like most of this season.
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Lee reminds me a lot of Steve Smith. Runs angry and plays with an edge. Because of his injury history he's trying too hard to make plays and lacking focus causing him to drop passes. I can see him and Hurns and even Robinson all splitting time in the slot and outside if healthy. He's definitely a dynamic receiver that makes our group that much more effective
If he stays healthy, all it means is another weapon. He most likely won't see the field enough to put up good numbers because of the depth at WR, but maybe he could get some work at KR. Dude has great speed, and the team should utilize it to its full potential.
Of course, he hasn't proven he can handle a bigger workload. Hope he can stay healthy. Hurns, Robinson, Lee, Greene, Sterling, Benn, Walters... we will have a lot of talented guys waiting for their opportunity to get into the slot.
Quote:I always thought he had the most potential playing the slot. He has what the Allen's don't have....flat out speed and shiftiness. If he stays healthy he could become a quality slot WR similar to Victor Cruz prior to injury.
I read a stat about ARob a few days ago, for his 90yard TD against the Saints he hit 21.8mph, the 8th fastest of the season, that's pretty rapid.
Quote:If only we had this WR group during the Del Rio years where it seemed we had everything but receivers.
Crazy isn't it. Imagine if we didn't have Reggie "2 yard gain celebration" Williams and Matt "coke head" Jones, but instead AR15 and Allen Burns. We would have went to the Superbowl in '07.
Quote:Absolutely not. We can't rely on Lee. We need another WR in the offseason. A. Robinson has convinced me he has elite speed and I see him doing more Z routes. I always thought he was the best X receiver in the league and our best target but I didn't think he was quite Z receiver worthy. With that said, I think our target should be a dominant horizontal slot guy (Y position). Walters is good but no reason to grab somebody else for low cash or low pick and see if we can upgrade atleast the depth.
Rashad Greene says hello.
Quote:I read a stat about ARob a few days ago, for his 90yard TD against the Saints he hit 21.8mph, the 8th fastest of the season, that's pretty rapid.
Not to knock ARob's speed but Lee is faster. Especially in short burst.