(01-16-2024, 04:54 PM)jessepeck1213 Wrote: Zay hasn't been very good. He gets a lot of love on this board amd I don't know why. I think WR in the first is definitely the move.

He had his moments in 2022. 2023 was riddled with injuries for him. It's ultimately what set him back. I don't think he's a bad receiver, but, he's not a guy that transcends or moves the needle in a big way at the position. 

I think receiver is also in play. They might go one of two routes though, knowing Baalke's history with drafting receivers Vs. finding them in the market. He has a higher rate of success with the latter. 

This is why it's not out of the realm of possibility that he either lets Ridley go in favor of signing Tee Higgins in the event the Bengals decide to bungle his future there, or, he signs Ridley and drafts a receiver, just not in RD1. That's not his MO and I would be hard pressed to think he changes that now in 2024. 

I could see him going after a lineman on either side of the football in RD1 and RD2 and then he starts to "entertain" the idea of drafting a receiver in RD3. Unless there's a stud LB or RB there instead. Then you can forget it. We're running a two back set offense in 2024 and beyond.

To hell with Pederson's and Taylor's east and west offensive philosophy in the passing game.

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