(08-23-2018, 11:32 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(08-23-2018, 11:17 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: This Marrone / Hackett offense doesn't require a #1 receiver.  They have plenty of options to get Bortles his 3800-4000 yards in a run first offense. Lee, Moncrief, Westbrook Cole, Chark , ASJ , Three RBs that all catch well.  There's only so many ways to spread that out, and a 1200 yard receiver is not required.

(Dez will never be anything resembling a #1 receiver again)

I'm of a mixed view of this (and this goes back to the WR debate I was having with malabarjag and deacon I never got back to-UGH)

On the one hand, football being a game of matchups, it stands to reason that the most effective players are the ones that cause matchup difficulties for the opponent and advantages for your own team.  The reason our defense is so good is that we have so many playmakers on it that cause matchup problems-Ngakoue, Campbell, Dareus, Jackson, T. Smith, Jack, Ramsey, Bouye, opposing coordinators have to pick their poison and often times their choices-in terms of blocking schemes, route combinations, personnel groupings, etc. are limited.  Similarly, if we had a guy like Julio Jones who could create matchup problems for defenses, that would create benefits for Bortles, other receivers, and Hackett.
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