(09-04-2024, 05:59 PM)Eric1 Wrote:

(09-04-2024, 08:34 AM)Caldrac Wrote: It's promising. A lot of it will come down to how well the line can get the run game going so Lawrence can operate under center. BTJ and Davis running streaks downfield. Kirk working slants, drags and digs underneath. Sneak in Duvernay and Washington here and there. It's going to be a fun year on offense, for sure. 

Hopefully people forget about Engram underneath with so much focus on the over the top stuff as well. Took him in my fantasy team this year. I don't expect the high volume catches to be there, BUT, if that last preseason game in ATL was any indication of what he's going to be doing? I'll take the TD's over the 100+ catches all day, every day. 

He's still a match-up problem for a good portion of defenses in the NFL. I don't think there's too many LB's that can keep pace with him, and, you're NOT going to cheat up too much with safety help because it'll leave you exposed deep, or, worse, potentially a swing pass opportunity to Etienne and Bigsby, something that doesn't get utilized enough in this offense.

I think a lot of people will be surprised that BTJ isn't just going to be a deep threat. His horizontal speed will be just as dangerous as his vertical speed. He has that rare, "I'll just flat out run away from you and there's nothing you can do about it" type of speed.

Doug loves running crossers etc. and I bet we see BTJ used on those quite a bit to take advantage of his speed. We've already seen him win on those routes quite a few times (and easily) this preseason even with the small sample size.