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Schefter: Moncreif to Jags (merged)

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03-27-2018, 10:15 AM

(03-27-2018, 09:42 AM)NJ JagsFan Wrote:
(03-26-2018, 09:30 PM)Jags02 Wrote: Moncrief is bigger and faster than all our other WRs, and he's been polishing his skills as a split-end WR for a couple years now. It's what he does.

You seem to be a little misguided, do you automatically think size and speed means this guy is going to ball out? I understand why.. everyone is trying to find the next Calvin Johnson who is probably my favorite WR of all time outside of the jags and everyone tries to mimic him because they think size and speed = beast but there has been many, many cases since Calvin that has proven that wrong but people still obsess over it. Whose the tall and fast wide out that NE has or the eagles? Alshon Jeffery is the closest thing to that but even then his speed is pretty average for a wide out in this era and the Patriots have no one who fit the bill..


No, I'm not saying he's automatically good because he's fast and tall. That said, unless you have some other uncanny gift to make up for it, you pretty much have to be fast enough and tall enough to play split end.

Moncrief is our tallest WR, but he's only just tall enough to qualify playing out there. What helps is that he's one of the fastest players in the game, and given his vert and broad jump numbers I'm thinking he can leap to boot. Possibly being fast than Dede... and I only say possibly because he ran at his combine three years prior and is older now... makes him plenty fast enough at the very least. It's tough to really project another WR at that split-end spot with Cole really not having that same blazing speed of Moncrief and Dede, and with Dede just too small. There's Lee, but come on... I don't trust him out there for any real stretch of games... and quite frankly he's a hair too small and a hair too slow.

In other words, Moncrief at least appears to fit the role, and that's backed up on film where you consistently see him playing that split-end spot out near the sideline. He's been working his craft beating jams and making clutch sideline catches for four years now. For Moncrief, the position we need him for... that being WR1... is his most ideal fit.  Much like a Left Tackle that does fine at LT but can't really move to any other spot... Moncrief actually does fine at the WR1 spot, but might not even work out anywhere else. If Moncrief can't prove it at WR1, I don't see him getting a chance to prove it anywhere else. ...and with the money we're paying Moncrief, you can bet he'll get every opportunity to prove himself this season.

Keep in mind when I say WR1 I'm talking about the split-end spot that ARob vacated. That doesn't necessarily mean he has to be our best WR. TY Hilton was always better, but TY basically played the WR2 spot from the flanker position. It was Moncrief you usually saw way out on that far sideline. 
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Messages In This Thread
Schefter: Moncreif to Jags (merged) - by pirkster - 03-13-2018, 04:53 PM
RE: Jags signing Moncrief - by NYC4jags - 03-13-2018, 04:56 PM
etdavis2006 - by Etdavis2006 - 03-13-2018, 06:35 PM
etdavis2006 - by Etdavis2006 - 03-13-2018, 06:00 PM
RE: etdavis2006 - by NYC4jags - 03-13-2018, 06:06 PM
etdavis2006 - by Etdavis2006 - 03-13-2018, 06:09 PM
RE: etdavis2006 - by NYC4jags - 03-13-2018, 06:12 PM
RE: etdavis2006 - by rpr52121 - 03-13-2018, 06:50 PM
RE: etdavis2006 - by jaguarmvp - 03-13-2018, 06:39 PM
etdavis2006 - by Etdavis2006 - 03-13-2018, 06:56 PM
Jagsfanclubofmd - by JagsFanClubOfMD - 03-14-2018, 12:07 AM
RE: Jagsfanclubofmd - by JagsorDie - 03-14-2018, 12:11 AM
Jagsfanclubofmd - by JagsFanClubOfMD - 03-14-2018, 12:22 AM
RE: Schefter: Moncreif to Jags (merged) - by PF* - 03-14-2018, 07:57 AM
RE: Schefter: Moncreif to Jags (merged) - by JNev - 03-14-2018, 11:37 AM
Amat3uR - by Amat3uR - 03-14-2018, 07:26 PM
RE: Amat3uR - by jagforlife85 - 03-14-2018, 07:37 PM
RE: Schefter: Moncreif to Jags (merged) - by JNev - 03-15-2018, 01:31 PM
CAPTAIN - by CAPTAIN - 03-19-2018, 11:53 AM
RE: CAPTAIN - by JackCity - 03-19-2018, 12:12 PM
RE: Schefter: Moncreif to Jags (merged) - by JNev - 03-19-2018, 04:03 PM
RE: Schefter: Moncreif to Jags (merged) - by JNev - 03-20-2018, 02:20 PM
RE: Schefter: Moncreif to Jags (merged) - by Jags02 - 03-27-2018, 10:15 AM
Jags signing Moncrief - by imtheblkranger - 03-13-2018, 04:54 PM



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