Quote:Did he, though? Or did he just have a really bad rookie season?

 

We've seen little from him over the last 3 seasons to make me think he's going to ever be better than he was to start his second season.

 

We've got some good rookies right now that I hope will develop into real difference makers, but I'm not confident in Fisch and Bradley when it comes to making an impact in guys' trajectories.

 

Either way, the point is he made tremendous improvement from his rookie season to his next.

 

Now whether he plateaued to just an average player from being a horrible rookie is another discussion.  For the purposes of this discussion, we are just talking improvement from year one to year two.  This should not be construed as an endorsement of Shorts as a player overall.  If he somehow remained on the team, and the rookies made a similar improvement from year one to year two, Shorts would be the fourth best WR on the team.

 

I am left to wonder what Yarno's absence did to Joeckel's development.  I think Scelfo and Sullivan will have more impact on Bortles', Lee's, Robinson's and Hurns' development than Fisch or Bradley.

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