The thing is, I"m not advocating this is what we do, in fact, I"m quite happy with our receivers, in fact our receivers I"m not even concerned about, but it seems there are a lot that feel we need to upgrade it. The only way I see we do is by procuring the correct receiver, if not by draft then by FA. If we do go by FA, the chances are it will be expensive and the only viable solution I see would be to trade or void the contract of the most expensive receiver we have because I don't want us paying up to's what 30 million for a wr group.
Here's the thing about Rice, I love Rice, but..
I hold on every play, hoping Rice is not hurt, I'm sure most of you have that same sentiment.. is he hurt? Rice is injury prone, he has missed a lot of games.
Rice is a tough as nails player as I have ever seen in a wr, but, thats not enough, For what ever reason, him and Tate take a long time, a long long time getting open, in fact too long. Do you realize that Wilson has the longest time in the pocket before he releases the ball?
As far a Wallace being soft, not a blocker.. well ok, we all have trade off's, perhaps his deeper down field presence means more open field area for the runner to run.. besides, the other thing I am always harping about is why those guys downfield don't do a better job blocking.. who are they, yeah the WR's.
See the other thing about Wallace, that some don't realize is the other things he brings to the table that Rice, or Tate will never bring. 1 He doesnt even have to catch the ball to be effective. Him downfield deep,, demands that he is double blanketed, which means a big field for everyone else to roam around in. All of a sudden you take any catchup ability by the opposing team away.
Yes you can talk about schemes all you want, but stats are stats.. didn't Sherman say something like, Men lie, Women lie, Stats don't lie.? Wallace's stats kick ass.