(01-30-2023, 08:44 PM)Norseman Wrote: How will adding Ridley to our WR room change the positioning? Is he a slot WR or a deep threat which allows us to move Kirk to the slot?

It doesn't change much. Just makes a Marvin Jones departure a near certainty. 

Kirk is still your primary slot guy. He played there this past season on most of his snaps and will do so again most certainly. 

This is not mutually exclusive of "deep threat" capability though. Kirk gets open deep front the slot regularly. And it would would be dialed up more often if our OL protected a beat longer than it does. 

In reality - all of our 2023 top three receivers could effectively be the deep route on any given play.

Zay Jones and Calvin Ridley can alternate between the Z and X (outside) positions depending on what the Pederson/Press Taylor/Mike McCoy/(maybe Jim Bob Cooter) braintrust want to accomplish on any given play design. 

Both Z.Jones and Ridley are technically Z-type players - but Pederson has shown he can get production from Zay Jones at X or at Z. He can do the same with Ridley, I'm sure.

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