(01-29-2020, 04:44 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(01-29-2020, 04:28 PM)Kane Wrote: Exceptions to the rule, dawg.
And those are 2nd rounders you just listed, which further tells me to wait in what many consider a deep WR class...

This past season N'Keal Harry wasn't anything to write home about last year. Nor was Andy Isabella or Parris Campbell.
DJ Moore and Ridley were first round rookies in 18 (Ridley was great, Moore was good but not much of a game changer)
Chark, our guy, from that year was labeled a bust by many.

Corey Davis, Mike Williams, John Ross weren't exceptional as first round rookie WRs in '17 really. (Ross didn't play until 2018, and was underwhelming)
Corey Coleman, Laquan Treadwell, Josh Doctson.... from 2016....
More often than not, rookie WRs aren't going to change the game for you.

Over the past 10 years only 8 rookie WRs (including AJ Brown) ever topped 1k yards.
And if we can get a 3rd round rookie WR to come in and give us 600 yards and a handful of TDs I'd rather us do that instead of spending a first on a WR to do it.

If 1K is your benchmark then yes, you may not find many who are making an impact. However this year, you could argue Deebo Samuel, Metcalf, McLaurin, AJ Brown, Hollywood, Diontae Johnson, Slayton, Renfrow, Preston Williams, and Mecole Hardman all made an impact on their offenses.

In 2018, DJ Moore, Ridley, Sutton, and Anthony Miller made impacts. 

In 2017, Juju, Kupp and even Keelan Cole made an impact.

In 2016, Hill, Thomas, Fuller, and Boyd all made an impact.

My point for taking Lamb isn't just with the fact that he would immediately make an impact on the Jags but that having Lamb and Chark for the foreseeable future would be down right nasty.

OK but many of the guys listed aren't first rounders... so why spend high draft capital on a guy when we could possibly find a contributor in a later round?
We need OL, DL, DB, and LB more than we need a WR.

I don't doubt Lamb's ability at all. I just don't think our roster needs and state of our current franchise warrant a high pick for WR. I once thought we should possibly draft a guy like Jeudy at 9 but was convinced by others that our guys currently rostered have enough speed and gain enough separation that WR really isn't an issue.

Late round guys like Van Jefferson or mid round guys like Claypool/Pittman are probably better picks for value.
I stand by my statement... if it's me, I'm not taking a WR at 20 with a bigger need elsewhere on the team not being met (OT, OG, CB)

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