Man I don't get this whole speed at WR thing thats become in vogue. Obviously speed kills at WR but everyone is like "outside Chambers we've got no speed"
Excuse me? Last time I checked our fastest receiver was James McKnight, not Chris Chambers. And J-Mac, he pretty much split time with Derrius this season. Sam Simmons is quite the little speedster as well, though we did not play him at the position nearly enough for my tastes. We signed OG because we were having trouble, its not like we were like "Hey lets get bigger and slower at the position!"
Chris Chambers and James McKnight are both top flight speedsters, and if Derrius Thompson is not, well last I checked the NFL didn't require three Z type receivers to be your top 3 guys.
The problem is not the WR corp. Its the QB and OL...and to an extent Norv's offense. There just were not enough balls being thrown to get all of the WRs involved...not even two of the WRs involved. How can Derrius make an impact when he's being thrown to less than 3 times a game? How can he even get in sync with his QB when that happens? How can J-Mac do it either? Chambers was gettin thrown to like 10 times a game...and it wasn't just because he was always open. It was because they made it a priority before the offseason to funnel the ball to Chambers and McMichael...they had to ditch the McMike plan because of protection issues but they continued forcing it to Chambers.