(01-08-2024, 08:10 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(01-08-2024, 08:00 PM)JagFan81 Wrote: I thought he did a pretty good job on KR too. We don't seem to have anyone particularly after Agnew for that role. I think week 1 knocked his confidence and the coaches confidence in him and he looked nervous for a while and then more mistakes came. We need someone to help Etienne carry the load and give him some plays off. I don't know if they add a cheap vet or a late round draft and have a bit of competition in camp but agree that he's making small steps forward.

I have got to say aswell I thought Ridley played well yesterday. He's been a tough question mark this year. Missed a lot of time and he looked healthy but not football healthy. He had some good and bad games this year and mistakes you wouldn't expect from an older player but he's still young. It's going to be a tough decision on what to do with him. Has this season kicked the rust off him and next year he'll be that #1WR and be a big weapon? How much do you pay him? Can you find his production elsewhere? Do you give someone like Washington a bigger role?

And you right about the interceptions. There were quite a few that a receiver tipped up or were the reason but it goes down on Trevors stats. Some people can factor that in to their overall opinion. Some don't.

Yeah I think you try to retain him at a reasonable salary.  He's going to (smartly) want every dollar he can get though especially since he missed almost two season's worth of paychecks.  I think Washington will have a bigger role next year as well regardless of Ridley.  I liked what I saw out of him for the most part when Kirk went down.

I'd imagine the FO have a figure in mind and Ridley does too. How close or far apart they are will probably decide a lot but someone will take a chance on him if he walks. Wouldn't be top money but in that area. 

Washington did a pretty good job after getting thrown in during a big game and to be an important contributor. When I was saying Bigsby made mistakes and knocked his confidence, Washington made some big plays and that seemed to help him. Its one of those tough situations. You don't want to be using your 4th/5th WR unless you have to but when you do, you need him to play to your 2nd/3rd WR standard and if they haven't had the snaps or practice, that's a tough thing to ask. We had a lot of young WR we kept from camp and Washington and Jones were the only ones that seemed to get the opportunity when Kirk and Zay went down.

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