WR Scouts

neugey · 10-13-2019, 07:18 PM

Sometimes I think we might be making too much of not having a standout #2 WR. Remember the 49ers in their Jerry Rice heyday? Can you tell me off the top of your head the 2nd WR on those teams? I think perhaps it was JJ Stokes, but he was nothing special.

My point is this - good football is throwing to the open man. When you have a WR who is extraordinary in the league in his ability to run great routes and get open and catches everything, his stats are going to make everyone else's look tiny. But what are you going to do? Spread the ball to receivers that aren't as open when Can't Guard Mike is the most open? Hell no, you have to hit Mike in that situation.

K Major · 10-13-2019, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by neugey

Sometimes I think we might be making too much of not having a standout #2 WR. Remember the 49ers in their Jerry Rice heyday? Can you tell me off the top of your head the 2nd WR on those teams? I think perhaps it was JJ Stokes, but he was nothing special.

John Taylor was a legit #2 WR with Rice for many years.

Rsanders24 · 10-13-2019, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by K Major

John Taylor was a legit #2 WR with Rice for many years.

During that time Taylor could have been a legit WR1 for a couple of teams in the NFL.

leilung · 10-15-2019, 08:26 AM

Originally Posted by K Major

John Taylor was a legit #2 WR with Rice for many years.

Jersey Boy who I had the pleasure of playing sandlot football with in the day. His High School coach at Pennsauken High said that he wasn't 'fast enough' to play WR on the team... To quote him after the game winning TD against the Bengals in SB XXII, "Just goes to show you what I know about football!" LOL

10-13-2019, 07:18 PM	#1
neugey Hu Dat! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,870 Blog Entries: 13	Re: WR Scouts Sometimes I think we might be making too much of not having a standout #2 WR. Remember the 49ers in their Jerry Rice heyday? Can you tell me off the top of your head the 2nd WR on those teams? I think perhaps it was JJ Stokes, but he was nothing special. My point is this - good football is throwing to the open man. When you have a WR who is extraordinary in the league in his ability to run great routes and get open and catches everything, his stats are going to make everyone else's look tiny. But what are you going to do? Spread the ball to receivers that aren't as open when Can't Guard Mike is the most open? Hell no, you have to hit Mike in that situation. Utah_Saint and SaintGnome like this.
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Rsanders24 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Baton Rouge, LA. Posts: 1,493	Re: WR Scouts Originally Posted by K Major John Taylor was a legit #2 WR with Rice for many years. During that time Taylor could have been a legit WR1 for a couple of teams in the NFL. RockyMountainSaint and K Major like this.

10-15-2019, 08:26 AM	#4
leilung Booty Bandit Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Wastelands that are NJ Posts: 1,428	Re: WR Scouts Originally Posted by K Major John Taylor was a legit #2 WR with Rice for many years. Jersey Boy who I had the pleasure of playing sandlot football with in the day. His High School coach at Pennsauken High said that he wasn't 'fast enough' to play WR on the team... To quote him after the game winning TD against the Bengals in SB XXII, "Just goes to show you what I know about football!" LOL neugey and K Major like this.

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K Major Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedford, TX Posts: 24,838 Blog Entries: 3	Re: WR Scouts Originally Posted by neugey Sometimes I think we might be making too much of not having a standout #2 WR. Remember the 49ers in their Jerry Rice heyday? Can you tell me off the top of your head the 2nd WR on those teams? I think perhaps it was JJ Stokes, but he was nothing special. John Taylor was a legit #2 WR with Rice for many years. RockyMountainSaint, Rsanders24, leilung and 4 others like this.