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Thread: WR Situation -- How bad is it?
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Re: WR Situation -- How bad is it?
I've always been a big Early Doucet fan. He looks very similar to Boldin. Doucet lives in the weight room, is a great blocker down field and will catch balls with a guy right on top of him. The big negative is just like Boldin he struggles getting separation. As long as he can catch in traffic I can live with that. Doucet would absolutely be on my list to look at.
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Re: WR Situation -- How bad is it?
Austin Collie may also be a target because of the connections with Caldwell. The guy's concussions are a HUGE concern though.
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04-28-2013, 01:21 PM #76
Re: WR Situation -- How bad is it?
If I recall correctly it is very harsh to characterize those balls thrown to Doss as "drops". True, they touched his hands (hand, in the one case), but both (the second one in particular) would have been VERY difficult and VERY impressive plays to make. If he had managed to pull either one in, the same people making a judgement that he is no good would be saying "no, we're fine at WR, didn't you see that catch Doss made against Indy?" That judgement would be premature, just like it is premature to write him off.
He's still gotten very little time on the field. Keep in mind how many people were already considering Torrey a bust throughout the preseason and first two weeks of 2011. I still wouldn't mind addressing WR at all, I was very much on the Da'Rick Rogers train, but it is way too early to know what we have with Tandon Doss. As others have pointed out, the coaches are high on him, Torrey is high on him, Joe hand-picked him, and McShay said he had the best hands in his draft class after AJ Green
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I certainly am not writing him off. I think anyone who wants to write him off is being too harsh.
However, if we're to gauge receivers evenly then - IMO - the threshold needs to be something along the lines of that. He is a receiver. He is paid to catch passes. If the ball hits his hands then he needs to catch it.
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04-28-2013, 02:25 PM #78iggyman555 Guest
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04-28-2013, 02:29 PM #79
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I know, I know, if it hits you in the hands you gotta catch it etc etc. But if I am remembering the plays correctly, I would have been very impressed if Torrey, Boldin or even Pitta managed to bring those balls in, and not at all surprised if any one of those guys didn't (let alone a guy in Doss who had barely seen the field all year). It happens. Remember Boldin's drops against Pittsburgh in the 2010 playoffs. Those were much more routine catches than those by Doss. I'm not saying this means Doss is gonna be a player, I just don't think those 'drops' were anywhere near as egregious as people are making them out to be.
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04-28-2013, 02:34 PM #80
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I actually change my mind on the receiver situation. I think the Ravens will be fine with Tandon Doss and Torrey Smith as 1 and 2, with Tandon going to the slot in 3 wide situations. I have nothing to back this up, but it's just a feeling. If not, then hopefully Reed or Thompson steps up. But I'm sticking by my feeling of Does being the guy. I think maybe he just had nerves in the playoff game.
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04-28-2013, 02:36 PM #81
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Basically what I'm getting at is, if he had made those catches against Indy, the reaction wouldn't have been "sweet, TD" it would have been "WHAT A CATCH!". Granted, receivers, especially those with reputations for supposedly great hands like Doss, are paid to make spectacular catches as well as routine ones, but some posters in here are acting like the balls just hit him clean in the hands and bounced off. Those were very difficult plays and I don't fault a player coming in cold off the bench, after seeing next to no PT behind Torrey/Boldin/Jacoby all year, for not making them
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Re: WR Situation -- How bad is it?
I don't fault him but when you get opportunities, you have to make the most of them. That's what separates guys like Victor Cruz, who was an UDFA who made the most of his chances, and the hundreds of other wide receivers who were given shots to play and never made anything of it.
Not saying anyone should give up on Doss, but the NFL stands for not for long. If he wants to stick around, he's gotta make plays, even if they are difficult ones.
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04-28-2013, 02:44 PM #83
Re: WR Situation -- How bad is it?
I actually feel quite the opposite. What, the conditions are supposed to be perfect every time for a WR in the NFL? He would GET the playing time next to Torrey Boldin or Jacoby if catches like that are made and it doesn't matter if you're 'cold', you gotta make the most of the opportunities you're given. I DO fault the player, any player, for not making those makeable catches. That is what receivers really get paid to do. Boldin has had his fair share of easy drops but man, when you needed the guy to go up and get one while guys are face-guarding, holding, pushing and shoving him he always came through. You can say the same about Torrey, in different ways. He's dropped some but he never let it get him down and always came back and made the difficult ones or the ones we needed to get back in the game. I was surprised that Doss didn't get more PT over Jacoby and I think he can be a much better receiver than Jacoby too. This year he gets his true shot and I hope he makes the most of it.
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Any receiver that has a pass hit them in the hands and they don't haul it in is egregious.
But I dont know why you're arguing with me. I agree with you. Those were not easy catches, but they are still drops and it is concerning a bit because this guy may be in the running to win the #2 spot.
I was stoked when they drafted Doss. He was one of my favorite receivers that year. I completely think he could be a 60-70 reception player.
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