Quote:Not many teams have a beast receiver, man... This board is crazy when thinking we need a player the caliber of Dez Bryant or Julio Jones. The Patriots and Seahawks have won the super-bowl with average receivers. They actually have a big target with Jimmy Graham, just like we do with Julius Thomas. The defense was able to double team ARob and Hurns whenever they wanted to, and nothing was stopping them from doing it. They didn't respect the TE's, and that's a huge part for offenses around the league. They had a field day not having to worry about that.

 

I never said we need a receiver the caliber of Bryant and Jones, but we need a competent #1, I don't see it in A-Rob and Lee is always hurt. The Patriots arguably have the best QB & TE of all time (Gronk is also a beast in the run game as a blocker which keeps defenses honest) and the Seahawks have had one of the best defenses in the last 30 years, their path's to success are a bit different. If your receivers don't pose a threat in the pass game it allows D coordinators to simply take away a tight end like Julius Thomas with bracket coverage, the Jaguars were able to take away Greg Olsen (rather easily) yesterday, mainly due to the ineffectiveness of Carolina's receivers.

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