IMO, WR is by far the biggest weakness on the team.
I'm not going to debate it. You either get it or you don't. We can simply stack the defense and go back to trying to pull out 3-point games or continue evolving into a more dynamic/productive unit on the other side of the ball.
IMO, we're only one player away from becoming a truly dominant team...as great as Adalius is, and as big a part of the future of this team, he's not the guy who can take us to the level of dominance we're so close to achieving.
Folks, forget about Bethel Johnson. Nobody took him seriously because he didn't know what the hell he was doing out there, not because "speed only matters to fans and not GMs"...nonsense.
Nobody's asking for a track star....what we need is a guy who defenses have to double team deep downfield.
Watson and Jackson have potential...but potential doesn't win championships...and last year is all the evidence anyone should need.
This is the 21st century NFL...nobody here is arguing that moving the chains isn't the best strategy to win games....believe it or not, a serious, reliable, tall/fast, deep threat to compliment our quick guys would make it easier to MOVE THE CHAINS.
The best line in this thread was that a legitimate deep threat makes the entire offense better. Just because we've historically gotten by without one doesn't change the fundamentals.
I read the someone comparing Caldwell's stats to Branch's two years ago and trying to argue that they were similar guys...wrong. Branch commanded much more attention from DC's and therefore helped open up the rest of the offense. He's not as good without TB, obviously...nobody is. But together they had true synergy.
If we'd completely lost our running game last year (like '05) Caldwell wouldn't have come close to replicating the success that Branch had in '05.
You have to like Welker. The deal isn't confirmed so, until I'm reserving judgement, but it sounds like he's getting what Branch was looking for last September....if true, that's a little sad.
Again, I completely support the Welker signing...he fills a specific need in the WR corps. As much as he resembles Troy, he's also a bit like a tougher version of Branch, who given time, could develop a similar rapport with TB.
I'd just like to get a gazelle too...a Moss-type.
It's wishful thinking until we decide to make it a reality...
