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I think that we do indeed need to carry additional wideouts this year, in addition to the three tight ends.
Welker, Tate and Edelman all were injured last year. Moss and Holt may or may not have more than one year. Price will likely be inactive all year, absent two injuries to wide receivers, which is fine.
While I have no idea how the reps will turn out with so many targets, I do think that we need ALL of Moss, Welker, Edelman, Holt, Tate and Price.
Aiken and Slater are NOT wide receivers, even though they are list as such. Theya re competing for one of the ST-only positions. We usually have a couple.
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I think that we do indeed need to carry additional wideouts this year, in addition to the three tight ends.
Welker, Tate and Edelman all were injured last year. Moss and Holt may or may not have more than one year. Price will likely be inactive all year, absent two injuries to wide receivers, which is fine.
While I have no idea how the reps will turn out with so many targets, I do think that we need ALL of Moss, Welker, Edelman, Holt, Tate and Price.
Aiken and Slater are NOT wide receivers, even though they are list as such. Theya re competing for one of the ST-only positions. We usually have a couple.
As far as Price being inactive, I think you're underestimating him...give him a little time to learn, the ability is there.
I think that we do indeed need to carry additional wideouts this year, in addition to the three tight ends.
I think with how thin it got at WR last year they carry 6 at the expense of an extra RB, TE, or QB.
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Moss and Holt may or may not have more than one year.
You never know how quick time can catch up but there is no reason right now to think Moss doesn't have a several years left. I think more than how much time Moss has left I am more concerned with how much time he has left with us.
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While I have no idea how the reps will turn out with so many targets, I do think that we need ALL of Moss, Welker, Edelman, Holt, Tate and Price.
the only one I can see gone would be Holt but I want to keep the 6.
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Aiken and Slater are NOT wide receivers, even though they are list as such. Theya re competing for one of the ST-only positions. We usually have a couple.
Agreed they are competing for the few STs only roles.
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Agreed. I think Slater will be the odd man out. I know it was a while ago, but I can't get that muffed punt from the 2008 Steelers game out of my head.
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Agreed. I think Slater will be the odd man out. I know it was a while ago, but I can't get that muffed punt from the 2008 Steelers game out of my head.
Yeah, I agree with that. Slater really isn't much of a gunner or a returner. Unless you want your returner to catch the ball, run straight into a pile, and get drilled for a highlight reel hit.
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I, too, would like to see us keep Holt along with Moss, Edelman, Welker, Tate, and Price. I feel like given his special teams experience in college, McCourty could be our next ST captain after Aiken leaves. Throw in Arrington and that's two guys who could justify cutting Aiken. But knowing Bill, he'll probably cut Holt before Aiken. Also, Hernandez is similar in some ways to a WR in his quickness so in essence, keeping Holt might be considered by some as overkill. But I agree with the initial topic. Unless it restricts other areas of position depth, you can never have enough depth/talent at receiver.
Reason I say Aiken is there seems to be a youth movement on the offense skill positions. We only need one elder statesman besides Moss. We have that and more in Holt. Slater may still have a little upside of untapped potential. We saw when we had Aiken as a main part of the offense. He had a few grabs but was not consistent and was a below average route runner to boot. Special Teams, I think Chung, Mcgowan, Woods, Alexander, Guyton, Arrington, Slater.
These names can all do what Aiken does to the same level?
Only the coaches can answer that.
Do we need 6 wide receivers?
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