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  • February 17, 2019 at 10:15 am #98109
    zn
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    Without Kupp I don’t think the Rams WR corps is a top one.

    Cooks has limitations. He’s much more than a one-trick pony in the mold of Avery or Givens, but IMO you can really only count on him to play his designated role.

    Woods is a very good over-achieving WR but he’s not a game changer.

    If you have Kupp plus those other 2, you have a good set of options and can design plays around them as a group. But Kupp had knee surgery. Will he be the same? Will he hold up? Can you count on him?

    Reynolds to me is just a 4th WR. There’s nothing special about him.

    Add a dynamic receiver to this group and suddenly yer talkin.

    But that’s a lot of FA money or a high pick or something so not sure it’s realistic to look for that.

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    February 17, 2019 at 11:48 am #98111
    Billy_T
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    I agree with most of that. But I like Reynold’s game more than you do, it appears.

    Yes, he’s inconsistent, and that’s a problem. But, to me, he’s flashed real skilz at times, especially running after the catch. While he doesn’t always show this, he can run with a kind of violence that the other receivers lack. And he has height, which all but Kupp lack. To me, he’s a solid #3, and an excellent #4.

    Cooks? We’ve discussed this before, and I think you and I are basically on the same page here. Though I may see him as more problematic on contested passes than you do. To me, he’s actually a liability in those situations. He almost never comes down with those passes, and this opens up more potential for interceptions, etc.

    He does a lot of other things really, really well, and obviously has speed to burn. I just wish he could high point the football and come down with it. That would turn him into one of the best deep threats in the league. As it stands, he’s dangerous on deep routes, but only if he’s actually “open.”

    IMO, the Rams should be looking for receivers who excel at those jump balls. They can be found even later in the draft, or in FA, without breaking the bank. They can’t be, of course, if they combine that skill set with others, pushing them into the #1 receiver type, etc.

    February 17, 2019 at 12:12 pm #98114
    zn
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    Billy_T wrote:

    Cooks? We’ve discussed this before, and I think you and I are basically on the same page here. Though I may see him as more problematic on contested passes than you do. To me, he’s actually a liability in those situations. He almost never comes down with those passes, and this opens up more potential for interceptions, etc.

    To just pick up on one specific thing, I agree that that is Cooks;s limitation. He is absolutely not good at that.

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    February 17, 2019 at 2:19 pm #98117
    Hram
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    I think it takes all three main WRs to make the offense hum. With all three, who are somewhat but not completely interchangeable, they can do enough to maximize the gifts and diminish the shortcomings of each.

    Johnson, in this offense with the current players, is a decent #4 and okay(ish) #3. Better than I feared he might be at the beginning of the year, but if he was going to be “good”, I think we would have seen more by now. Paired with a true #1 WR or in a different offense he might be better.

    Cooks, woods and Kupp are a great threesome imo, they just all three need to stay healthy. If one goes down they need two TEs who can play and then go heavy to maximize their chance to win.

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