Originally posted by Phinfan31
Alright I say we draft Woods, Clayton, Evans or whoever is open when we get our 1st pick. We NEED a good WR that is fast to take all the pressure off of Chambers. If we have 2 WR threats Ricky will have a much better year next year bcause teams will have to respect the passing game. The only thing they respect in our passing game is Chambers so they often double team him but thats ok cuz he gets open anyways. After we draft a WR or 2 then we need to upgrade the Line so Ricky has some room to run. I say we let fiedler have a couple more years and have our sights set on Mike Vicks brother. :) :)
Wrong, we have a pass catching FB that's not used, and McMichael. Thompson also had a little bit better going of it towards the end there....i hope we get him back for a lot less, i still see potential.but that's probably wishful thinking.
BUT what happens if we take a WR high in the draft? Who's going to throw to them? Jay? He does not have a great arm, he is consistently off target, and is a non-threat. His non-threat totally negates any passing attack that we can develope.
Do we need to develope a passing game to open up ricky's running? Of course we do! Is a WR the answer to it? No. we have a true #1 receiver, a great TE, and a good catching FB. RIcky showed good hands at the end of the season as well, with 70 rec. yards in one game which totaled his running yards. PLUS we have a running game.
Here's where we sit...we have a #1 QB that's a second stringer in most other teams. His level of play single handedly cripples our passing game. When he has no time, he can scammble. When he doesn't have time he STILL misses throws. And he hangs our receivers out to dry. That is unacceptable.
Until we get a TRUE threat at QB, no one will respect our passing game. I would like to keep Griese if we patch up our line, and get him a lot cheaper as he showed WHEN he had time he made beautiful throws.
That said, we CAN find a second string WR in the FA, or in the draft next year. Either option would nearly ensure that that receier could walk on and play.
however, we could NOT find a QB in teh FA that will be a franchise QB. At the best, we'll have a quick fix for 2-3 years....and again we'll be out of a QB.
IF we draft a WR now, we'd have no one to throw to them now, or for the next 2 years at the soonest. Whereas, if we draft a QB now, we can hope to throw to our allready good WR corps and numerous other offensive threats, and take a WR in the first next year if the situation doesn't fix itself.
