(03-27-2022, 01:50 PM)Upper Wrote:

(03-27-2022, 01:29 PM)Mandeezee Wrote: I'm curious as to how you got so intimate with Kirk's skill set? You seem to know it better than him lol. At least give him the grace of an offseason to prepare for playing outside.

Not to mention: He may not be asked to play outside. Coach may intend to use him as a Welker. The coach may value a slot receiver as his #1.

I know as casuals we think ourselves well informed on the gameplan and player abilities but christ....looking at your posts I'm wondering if Kirk and Engram have worked out for you in private. Just play your position, sit back, and at least see what training camp shows the actual coordinators and coaches. Or maybe they should skip practice and just ask you for your evaluation?

We don't need to give him the grace of an offseason to prepare for playing outside. He played primarily outside his first 3 seasons, and his numbers were very not good...traditional or advanced. I believe just over 11 routes per catch and a very subpar 1.1 yards per route run from the outside. Last year was his first year as a primary slot, and his routes per catch plummeted to 5 and a half while his yards per route jumped to a very good 1.8. We have over a thousand of snaps of evidence of both.

This makes perfect sense when you look at his traits. He is small, linearly decently fast, and among the least agile WRs in the game. That lines up very nicely with a guy who gets bullied by outside corners but can be effective as a field stretching slot where he can't get jammed and gets to face off vs smaller nickelbacks or less athletic LB/S.

If I'm not mistaken 2 of his 3 years he was wr3. He was playing with Fitzgerald and Hopkins.

He isn't small, he's not as tall as some others but he weighs 200 lbs. Thats more than Chark, Lamb, and some other outside receivers. Height doesnt help you get off the jam. Speed and strength does. If he wasn't agile he wouldn't have been good in the slot since that position takes more agility.

But the cherry on top is, we don't know if the coach has plans to line him up outside? Again the plan may be to use him as a Welker. May plan to send the TEs vertical to clear out?

As a fan we don't know what the game plan is. Heck the coach may not have the final game plan until they see what players look like during practice.

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