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McDaniel and Waddle: A Match Made in Hell

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For Miami opponents that is.

Waddle was already on a great trajectory obviously, but the pairing with McDaniel is going to turn Waddle into a living, breathing, cheat code.

When you look at Deebo, he’s certainly more physical than Waddle, but Jaylen is probably more dynamic in every other area. For hell’s sakes, he just set the rookie receiving record playing in a clueless offense. Pairing Waddle with an offensive mind like McDaniel is going to be electric.

Another thing, it would have been absolutely useless to bring back Lynn Bowden in ‘22 if Flores and Co were still steering the ship. He would have never been used correctly. Suddenly, bringing him back looks EXTREMELY intriguing. Especially being paired with Waddle.
 
NoblePhin said:
Only thing I don't want, and can't fathom he'd even try, is handing off to Waddle. Everything else, I agree, it's going to be very interesting how he uses him.
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Yeah, I don’t see a ton of success lining up Waddle as a true RB like Deebo, but I can only imagine McD is gonna cook up some crazy motion sets that will result in Waddle getting into space.

He might have had a million receptions as a rookie, but it felt like 80% of his receptions happened with a defender right on his hip.
 
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Aqua Man said:
Yeah, I don’t see a ton of success lining up Waddle as a true RB like Deebo, but I can only imagine McD is gonna cook up some crazy motion sets that will result in Waddle getting into space.

He might have had a million receptions as a rookie, but it felt like 80% of his receptions happened with a defender right on his hip.
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A lot will depend on who we pair Waddle with. We need to revamp the rest of the WR unit BAD.
 
Waddle doesn’t need to be Debo, and he shouldn’t be fielding punts. Once and for all let’s get Waddle on the outside. And with this hire it makes no sense to keep Gesicke with his anemic blocking skills
 
Aqua Man said:
For Miami opponents that is.

Waddle was already on a great trajectory obviously, but the pairing with McDaniel is going to turn Waddle into a living, breathing, cheat code.

When you look at Deebo, he’s certainly more physical than Waddle, but Jaylen is probably more dynamic in every other area. For hell’s sakes, he just set the rookie receiving record playing in a clueless offense. Pairing Waddle with an offensive mind like McDaniel is going to be electric.

Another thing, it would have been absolutely useless to bring back Lynn Bowden in ‘22 if Flores and Co were still steering the ship. He would have never been used correctly. Suddenly, bringing him back looks EXTREMELY intriguing. Especially being paired with Waddle.
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i see what you did there bill hader GIF
 
Yeah I think there will be people doing the simple math thinking "Well McDaniel had a WR run a lot so he will try to do the same thing in Miami!" but I don't think that's true at all. McDaniel said several times in various press conferences that Deebo's role started out as a small experiment and eventually grew when it kept working. Shanahan stressed repeatedly how important it is to maximize the talents of all the players, and Deebo's unique role worked very well, but I don't think McDaniel thinks just running a WR is the key to success. He knows that Waddle has a ton of talent and he will look for fun ways to make him successful
 
MAybe Bowden can learn enough plays to contribute? That could be our"Debo"? Waddle running from scrimmage will shorten his career.
 
EasyRider said:
Waddle doesn’t need to be Debo, and he shouldn’t be fielding punts. Once and for all let’s get Waddle on the outside. And with this hire it makes no sense to keep Gesicke with his anemic blocking skills
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i'm sort of now on the fence with gesicki.. loved him since i am a penn state season ticket holder but he does tend to disappear at times. that being said, he does make plays but can't block. so i'm hoping he returns on a team friendly deal but if he demands top 5 t/e money than we can use that money elsewhere
 
tommyp said:
i'm sort of now on the fence with gesicki.. loved him since i am a penn state season ticket holder but he does tend to disappear at times. that being said, he does make plays but can't block. so i'm hoping he returns on a team friendly deal but if he demands top 5 t/e money than we can use that money elsewhere
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He loves the team more than money. And it could be argued that he disappeared in games because, well, uh, Flores and his genius at firing O'Shea. Remember the game winning pass from Fitz to Gisicki in New England? Yeah. Good luck taming that ego and narcissism, Flores. We all see where that got you. Poor fool. Needs help. Truly. Like therapy.
 
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