heir_jordan22 wrote:Brick Tamland wrote:heir_jordan22 wrote:1. Marshall should play all over.
2. Wilson isn't a "burner" - both Jeffery and Marshall are faster than him.
3. Marshall does pretty well on the outside.
4. Cutler's top three receivers are as follows:
Marshall
Jeffery
Forte
M. Bennett
All extremely productive. If E. Bennett could just catch what is thrown to him, which he usually does, this conversation doesn't even start.
We should ride with what we have and acquire a true burner next year and have Wilson as our 4th receiver. Earl would be obselete at that point until injuries.
1.) marshall should play all over but he is more productive in the slot. nobody can stop that quick slant jay loves fire down the middle and if it works, why not keep doing it. marshall does a lot of damage in the slot more than the outside. just look at his numbers, he is more productive in the middle than the outside because no DB can stop that quick slant.
2.) jeffery and marshall are not fast, they are both physical big receiver but they are not fast. in washington, wilson was primarily used as a go route receiver, meaning he got a lot of homerun balls. dude ran 4.5 40 and he is 6-3. how many guys out there can run 4.5 40 that are 6-3? not a lot of guy his size can run that fast. he might not be a prototypical burner but for his size, he can out muscle and beat any BDs out there. theres a reason why mike leach used him as a go route receiver.
3.) marshall does pretty well on the outside but he is more productive in the slot because no BD can stop that quick slant. its pretty hard for the defense to stop a big physical receiver in the slot. theres a reason why payton put colston in the slot.
4.) since when is having more targets a bad thing? i really dont see any negatives having more targets. having marshall and martellus in the middle opens up the outside guys. theres a reason why both martellus and jeffery got single coverage when marshall was in the slot. i dont see anything wrong with this.
Jeffery and Marshall are definitely faster. Jeffery ran a 4.47 and has continued to get in better shape since college. Marshall ran a 4.51
but they are not go route receivers. wilson was primary used as a go route receiver at washington.