Since its going to be 20 days before we play a meaningful game, here are some observations, pet peeves, rants, and questions before we play this year's version of pre-season game #3 in week 17.
1. Every week I see posters calling for us to add that "deep threat" to our receiving corps, as if suddenly the clouds would disappear, cancer will be cured, and some Iman somewhere would declare to all Muslims that the 21st century doesn't suck, if ONLY we could find our own version of Julio Jones.
I have long opined that year after year of unbroken history that proven CONCLUSIVELY that having an elite WR is NOT the answer to winning football. And while it certainly is a very nice luxury, it definitely ISN'T a requirement. Unfortunately judging from the amount of WR threads, and demands and pleas from so many to add this so call "critical necessity", I'm clearly not making much headway in my efforts.
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So let me come at it another way. Let me ask those people a question. Why do we need this "missing piece" when there hasn't been a single game all season where, with the talent at hand, we HAVEN'T had a WR open deep on multiple occasions.
Does it really make sense to invest major cap space, or valuable high end draft capital to add an asset with a skill set our QB can't match? Let's face it, the guy who is probably the greatest QB of all time, and one of the more accurate QB's in NFL history, DOESN'T throw an accurate deep ball.
At least once every game we are teased by a Brady long ball that will fall JUST out of reach of an open WR deep down the field. I don't know what the reason is. Its not arm strength. He's got more than enough. Its NOT that we don't have receivers who can get open. That's just not true. We see one open at least a couple of times a game.
So if I can't make a historical case by pointing out that WR's have less impact on winning than you think, maybe I can make the case that having that "deep threat" WR might be a wasted asset, since our QB might have a problem taking advantage of one.