The Value of Big, Physical Receivers

[SF Dolphin Fan]

I may be "preaching to the choir" but I still think Miami's offense is missing that big, physical receiver who can haul in a pass that might not have been thrown perfectly or go up and get that one in the redzone. When looking at the leading receivers in the NFL this year, in terms of yards, look how many have that size advantage.

1	Josh Gordon, WR	CLE	80	149	1,564	19.6	9	95	28	120.3	0	619	59
2	Calvin Johnson, WR	DET	84	156	1,492	17.8	12	87	22	106.6	1	488	69
3	Antonio Brown, WR	PIT	101	151	1,412	14.0	8	56	21	94.1	0	510	64
4	A.J. Green, WR	CIN	94	170	1,365	14.5	10	82	17	91.0	1	381	64
5	Andre Johnson, WR	HOU	103	172	1,358	13.2	5	62	20	90.5	0	382	67
6	Alshon Jeffery, WR	CHI	86	142	1,341	15.6	7	80	19	89.4	2	381	61
7	Demaryius Thomas, WR	DEN	86	137	1,317	15.3	12	78	18	87.8	1	633	62
8	DeSean Jackson, WR	PHI	79	122	1,304	16.5	9	61	24	86.9	1	463	59
9	Pierre Garcon, WR	WSH	107	174	1,290	12.1	5	53	15	86.0	1	586	57
10	Eric Decker, WR	DEN	83	132	1,261	15.2	10	61	19	84.1	2	345	60
RK	PLAYER	TEAM	REC	TAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	20+	YDS/G	FUM	YAC	1DN
11	Brandon Marshall, WR	CHI	94	153	1,221	13.0	11	44	15	81.4	0	266	67
12	Vincent Jackson, WR	TB	74	147	1,189	16.1	7	60	19	79.3	1	296	56
13	Jordy Nelson, WR	GB	75	110	1,153	15.4	8	76	19	76.9	0	358	52

 

[WVDolphan]

Yea, its about half and half.

Antonio Brown, DeSean Jackson, Josh Gordon, and Garcon are perfect examples of why Mike Wallace should be at least top 5 in yards receiving if our QB could deliver a strike downfield.

 

[slk018]

Half and half?
Gordon is huge! 6'3 225, Jordy is 6'3 217
Outside desean, Garcon, Brown they are all 6'3 and above

 

[dolpns13]

Give up our first rounder for Gordan.

 

[slk018]

Hartline is our biggest at 6'2 197
Keller is 6'3 250 and athletic as hell. He would have really helped

 

[Montana-phan]

I would really like us to draft Cody Hoffman form BYU in the 3rd or 4th of next years draft. Just what we need for a red-zone threat.

 

[dr. tone]

our biggest "physical" receiver we had was marshall.....and that went away.

 

[Ruckus45]

2 1000 yard WRs, Clay at 700, and Gibson on pace for 800 before injury not good enough for you with the most inexperienced 2nd year QB ever?

 

[Ruckus45]

our biggest "physical" receiver we had was marshall.....and that went away.

And the bears with three huge WR threats are also 8-7

 

[dolpns13]

You need the best of three worlds. A big WR, a deep threat, and a possession. We have two possession recievers and a deep threat that isnt really a deep threat, yet.

And the bears with three huge WR threats are also 8-7

 

[Ruckus45]

You need the best of three worlds. A big WR, a deep threat, and a possession. We have two possession recievers and a deep threat that isnt really a deep threat, yet.

I'm not sold on that. I'm not sure that has any correlation to winning whatsoever. All a "big" guy does is allow the QB to throw it high right? So you design routes that have them go high. Going high also puts a higher risk for int or incompletion. Sure, they also catch TDs, but at what cost? The three we have allow for the QB to throw to the open WR on any play. It's clearly helped Tanne's progression into year two. His timing is still off with Wallace, but I suspect that changes before next year.

 

[MP-Omnis]

I wish prime Randy Moss grew on the north side of trees.

 

[Carne Asada]

Oh come on, even our 3rd and 4th receivers are better than what we have had in years! Gibson and Matthews would start for teams like The Chargers in a heart beat.

Let's find ourselves some OTs first...

 

[Daytona Fin]

Receivers are the least of our worries.

 

[Sirspud]

And the bears with three huge WR threats are also 8-7

It might have something to do with a defense that regularly gives up 40-50 points a game.