I think this team could really use a veteran wide receiver, if they can get one for cheap. That said, I don't want a Reggie Wayne to come in here and knock one of our young guys down the depth chart and take a significant amount of reps away from him. But, I'll never forget an article I read years ago (and can apparently never find again despite looking many times) with Mike Thomas talking about the impact Torry Holt had on him in his rookie year. It spent some time talking about how Torry Holt set up a basketball hoop or something in the locker room and kept everyone loose and not overstressing the game. If you remember, Thomas was pretty good up until that contract extension (48 catches for 453 yards his rookie year for the most receptions from a rookie in franchise history, and then the next year he had 66 catches for 820 yards. Not HOF or #1 material, but pretty good for a #2/#3 at the time, before he got his extension and fell of a cliff.). I should also point out, Holt's one year on the team was the year Sims-Walker had 63 receptions for 869 yards and finally started to look like the receiver we all hoped he could be. I admittedly was down on Torry Holt that season because I thought he dropped too many passes, but there was an article that was basically just Mike Thomas praising him for keeping the locker room in good spirits and teaching the receivers how to handle the pressure and thrive in the NFL.

 

This team, and these inconsistent receivers especially, could really use some veteran leadership like that it looks like. I'd be all for bringing in a vet, especially if ARob's injury will keep him out for any period of time.

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