Drafting WRs

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  • April 28, 2017 at 3:01 pm #67958
    zn
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    RockRam wrote:

    Colin Cowherd pointed this out:

    Only 1 WR taken in the first round since 2010 has wound up in a Superbowl. Great WRs don’t win championships. If they did, then Julio Jones, Megatron, AJ, and Fitzgerald would have multiple rings.

    And, smaller speed WRs in the winter usually don’t perform as well as possession WRs and good hands, good route, WRs and TEs tend to also do better. Often because the game gets a lot more physical the in the 2nd half of the season, and as the cold and blustery weather sets in speed gets diminished, the ball gets stiff and hard, and by then smaller, speed WRs are a bit bruised up and their speed is hampered.

    You need a variety of good WRs who can do different things. But you don’t need ANY great WRs, and the concept of the #1 WR who must be paid special attention to I think is outdated.

    You can get a good WR in almost any round. What matters most is good adjustments, good hands and good route running. Speed is not as important as those two factors. Speed of course is always a good thing; but it is not THE thing.

    April 28, 2017 at 3:28 pm #67961
    Zooey
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    Not that having Cowherd agree with me substantiates anything, but I’ve always thought speed was a little overrated at WR. Good routes and good hands. That’s Bruce and Ellard. I will take them over Ron Brown.

    There are several WRs who fill that description, apparently. I’d love to get one by round 3.

    I don’t want that Ohio State guy, Curtis Something, who sounds like Tavon Austin.

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