(03-07-2018, 01:05 AM)BamboozledAgain Wrote:

(03-07-2018, 12:40 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: It's not about having a true #1 for me. It's about having a guy with some size to beat press and jump-ball ability to help Bortles from the X receiver spot.  

A guy with a different skill set than the guys we have.

  A-Rob was really the only one with that skill set and it was missed in 2017 despite the popular perception based on the season's overall result.

Don't know but what if they don't believe he can be that player next year coming off an ACL? Lot of 6'2 6'3 6'4 guys coming out with speed that didn't have the wow numbers because of the school they went to. I liked the receivers at the combine.

I think the injury is definitely a factor in the Jags not being at the front of the line in the A-Rob sweepstakes. 

Yes, there are some 6'2" -plus receivers coming out that have the type of skill set we miss when A-Rob is off the field. Some of them lacking a bit of the physicality but possessing more speed. 

I hope they draft one that can beat the press and fight for contested balls as well as A-Rob did in 2015. A wide catch radius is the other big need from the X receiver when you're starting Bortles. A-Rob bailed him out of quite a few off target throws and the new guy will likely have to do that a fair amount as well.

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