(05-14-2022, 06:36 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(05-13-2022, 10:00 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: I won't quote Bulleye's message in the interest of space.  I mostly agree, but have the following comments:

You say that you don't consider Zay Jones to be an upgrade, but who are you comparing him to?  Chark?  Chark only played 3 full games.  In terms of snaps, he was sixth among our wide receivers.  Our top three wide receivers last year in terms of offensive snaps were:


1. Marvin Jones
2. Laviska Shenault
3. Laquon Treadwell

All three return, although I expect Kirk to upgrade Shenault and Zay Jones to upgrade Treadwell.  I question whether Treadwell even makes the 53 man roster.  I think the Jaguars may cut him in favor of Kevin Austin.  As for Zay Jones, while I don't expect miracles, he does have a low drop rate.  How many times last year were we saying "All I want is a wide receiver who won't drop the ball....."? 

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From a "the best ability is availability perspective," yes, Jones would be an upgrade over Chark based on last year's playing time.  But for the most part, Jones didn't do much with the time he was in the game for the Raiders.  In fairness, he had lots of talent around him with Ruggs, Waller, and Renfrow, but outside of one game, I don't see where his production/ability merits giving him the benefit of the doubt as an upgrade to anyone.  

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The thing about Jones that makes him an upgrade to every receiver the Jags utilized last year outside of Chark is his consistent separation and low drop rate. 

He's head and shoulders above every receiver we targeted last year (excluding Chark) in both of those areas. 
I do not expect him to step in - own the X position  - and become a go-to guy. But I do expect that when deployed, he'll get open and catch his targets consistently.

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