Will Flores have the balls

[Dan13Forever]

Let say we draft Chase, Smith or Waddle. And let say he has an impressive camp and preseason.

We know Fuller is suspended for game one. So it will be highly likely the rook starting game one as a boundary wr along with Parker. What if the rookie ball out in game one, say 8 catches, 120 years and 2 TD.

Will Flores have the balls to keep the rookie as a starter and keep Fuller on the bench? ( we know Fuller is not a slot, and the rookie is successful at boundary game one )

 

[Csonked Out]

Let say we draft Chase, Smith or Waddle. And let say he has an impressive camp and preseason.

We know Fuller is suspended for game one. So it will be highly likely the rook starting game one as a boundary wr along with Parker. What if the rookie ball out in game one, say 8 catches, 120 years and 2 TD.

Will Flores has the balls to keep the rookie as a starter and keep Fuller on the bench? ( we know Fuller is not a slot, and the rookie is successful at boundary game one )

All Fuller has to do is beat out Williams or Parker. Shouldn’t be tough

 

[Michael Scott]

Let say we draft Chase, Smith or Waddle. And let say he has an impressive camp and preseason.

We know Fuller is suspended for game one. So it will be highly likely the rook starting game one as a boundary wr along with Parker. What if the rookie ball out in game one, say 8 catches, 120 years and 2 TD.

Will Flores has the balls to keep the rookie as a starter and keep Fuller on the bench? ( we know Fuller is not a slot, and the rookie is successful at boundary game one )

Fuller can absolutely operate effectively from the slot. That's why I never understood the Mike Wallace comparisons. He's better outside, obviously, but he can get open all over the field. He's a solid route runner.

And for that matter, Chase/Smith/Waddle can all line up in the slot as well.

If we draft one of those guys, and hopefully we do, I'd expect the trio to be DVP/Fuller/rook.

 

[opticblazed]

All Fuller has to do is beat out Williams or Parker. Shouldn’t be tough

 

[opticblazed]

Let say we draft Chase, Smith or Waddle. And let say he has an impressive camp and preseason.

We know Fuller is suspended for game one. So it will be highly likely the rook starting game one as a boundary wr along with Parker. What if the rookie ball out in game one, say 8 catches, 120 years and 2 TD.

Will Flores has the balls to keep the rookie as a starter and keep Fuller on the bench? ( we know Fuller is not a slot, and the rookie is successful at boundary game one )

Thats a whole lot of iffs

 

[GeauxFins2020]

Let say we draft Chase, Smith or Waddle. And let say he has an impressive camp and preseason.

We know Fuller is suspended for game one. So it will be highly likely the rook starting game one as a boundary wr along with Parker. What if the rookie ball out in game one, say 8 catches, 120 years and 2 TD.

Will Flores has the balls to keep the rookie as a starter and keep Fuller on the bench? ( we know Fuller is not a slot, and the rookie is successful at boundary game one )

Uhhhhh....stack WRs? You could run Fuller, Parker, Chase (Waddle, Smith) out of that and be in good shape...no?

 

[Feverdream]

WRs rotate...

There's your answer.

They'll all play, and one game won't determine anything.

 

[Dan13Forever]

WRs rotate...

There's your answer.

They'll all play, and one game won't determine anything.

In theory, yes.
However we all know professional athlete has big ego. They want to be the 'starter'. That is to line up first play of the game, 1 and 10.

 

[tay0365]

All Fuller has to do is beat out Williams or Parker. Shouldn’t be tough

Umm...The problem with Williams and Parker is they both have injury issues that makes them hard to count on, but when they're on the field, they're both insanely tough to cover and keep under 4 catches.

 

[Feverdream]

In theory, yes.
However we all know professional athlete has big ego. They want to be the 'starter'. That is to line up first play of the game, 1 and 10.

Then it will be important for Flores to tell them to stop behaving like a little girl and to check their egos at the door.

 

[Dan13Forever]

Thats a whole lot of iffs

Not really.
If not Pitts, we will draft a wr. Given their talent, good camp is very likely. Game one starting is a strong possibility.
The only big if is, will the rook look impressive in game one.

 

[The Bopkin]

You could start out first play 3 WR and then Parker, Rookie, Fuller are all starting.
Then run whatever play 2 and beyond.
Egos managed.

 

[TheRevoltingBlob]

WRs rotate...

There's your answer.

They'll all play, and one game won't determine anything.

Exactly. Let's finally just get some talent at WR.

Teams play 3 or more WRs around 70% of the time. So plenty of snaps to go around for 3 good WRs. I pray our biggest issue is having trouble getting a good WR enough snaps. I can't imagine what that problem would feel like.

And regarding where they line up. Parker played 21% of his snaps out of the slot last yer. Fuller played 19%. And those numbers include 1-2 WR sets where there is no slot. So the percentages would be higher if you only looked at plays that had slot WRs. People too often define guys solely as either boundary or slot guys, when the reality is most get moved around.

If we have talent, we'll be fine.

 

[3rdandinches]

Balls or Stupidity?

Why would we keep a weapon on the bench? Wouldn't the reason you try to get more weapons is to put them on the field at the same time to allow your QB to pick the match ups they like etc....

 

[CANDolphan]

In theory, yes.
However we all know professional athlete has big ego. They want to be the 'starter'. That is to line up first play of the game, 1 and 10.

Ugh please dont do this. The academic in me cringes hard. Dont ask a question with an answer predetermined in your mind without telling us what your take is in the OP!