(04-28-2021, 05:01 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(04-27-2021, 08:56 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: I'm one of the few that don't see wide receiver as being a big need.  I think it's one of our strongest positions.  Even if a team has 6 wide receivers on the roster, they usually only activate 5 on game day.  I think D.J. Chark, Marvin Jones Jr. and Laviska Shenault makes a good starting trio.  I think Chark and Shenault will look much better with a good quarterback.  Jamal Agnew will also be activated due to his skills as a returner where he is a former first team all-pro.  That leaves Collin Johnson as the other active wide receiver.  If we draft someone early, we're pushing Johnson to being a game day inactive.  I would like to see if Johnson can develop.  Also, how much playing time would a draft pick at wide receiver get?  He would be sharing the position with Chark, Jones and Shenault.  Are we really wanting to send one of them to the bench?  Maybe I'm over-rating our existing wide receivers, but why not give it a year to find out?  We can't fix everything in one year, so why not start with positions where we know for a fact that we are weak?

I think there are more than a few who don't see WR as a big need.  However, I seem to recall UM saying he wanted to add more speed to the WR room, which is why many of us-at least me) advocate for a WR in this draft.