Shepard needs to show up and play

[rico6]

Never got my hopes high to begin with. Would love to see Samuel get majority of his snaps today.

[shaqattaq]

13 hours ago, beastson said:

Looking at Shepard career numbers, his job shouldn't be a lock

In his defense, he hasn't been targeted a lot, for whatever reason. He may not be a lock, but I would be very surprised if he got cut. As far as what to expect; 35-40 catches for 500-600 yards and a couple of TD's would be great. No one is expecting the guy to be the next Jerry Rice, despite the obligatory training camp hype. His main purpose is to be a Philly upgrade, which I think he will be. I HOPE he does a lot more than that. 

[Saca312]

1 hour ago, shaqattaq said:

In his defense, he hasn't been targeted a lot, for whatever reason. He may not be a lock, but I would be very surprised if he got cut. As far as what to expect; 35-40 catches for 500-600 yards and a couple of TD's would be great. No one is expecting the guy to be the next Jerry Rice, despite the obligatory training camp hype. His main purpose is to be a Philly upgrade, which I think he will be. I HOPE he does a lot more than that. 

That is what I'm expecting him to be. He will at minimum be an upgrade over Philly, and that's all I've been saying. Apparently I can't say that for some reason.

[Darvinsun]

I think if we kept all 6 receivers we would be good, have more 4wr sets Cam would have at least 2 people open with the speed we have and height, but yhese wr that are new have to get time in with Cam bc he throws missles. His balls are not like DA or Web

[shaqattaq]

1 hour ago, Saca312 said:

That is what I'm expecting him to be. He will at minimum be an upgrade over Philly, and that's all I've been saying. Apparently I can't say that for some reason.

Can't hate on off-season optimism. You keep doing you!

[rico6]

1 hour ago, Saca312 said:

That is what I'm expecting him to be. He will at minimum be an upgrade over Philly, and that's all I've been saying. Apparently I can't say that for some reason.

Because Philly has been outright clutch in some of this franchise's BIGGEST moments. Undermining what he brought to this team is what makes most turn a blind eye to your Shepard content. I mean, you put all that effort into the Jaggiest of Jags CJ2 and he didn't even make it to a single practice.

[Saca312]

54 minutes ago, rico6 said:

Because Philly has been outright clutch in some of this franchise's BIGGEST moments. Undermining what he brought to this team is what makes most turn a blind eye to your Shepard content. I mean, you put all that effort into the Jaggiest of Jags CJ2 and he didn't even make it to a single practice.

Lol what effort? I wrote one thing on him and I said he has a low ceiling in comparison to Shepard.

[top dawg]

Nah, what you can't say around here is that you actually want to see Shepard do more than he's done (which should'nt be that hard). That's a damn burn-him-at-the-stake kinda crime. 

Shepard is almost certain to make the team due to his strength in special teams, so I'll project that because of that, he is a lock. But the  real question is whether he's a lock as the WR3 (or, some are suggesting the 2). If he is, he needs to earn it, just like any of them, by actual production on the field. If he can't then we may as well have kept Philly Brown. 

[GoobyPls]

6 hours ago, shaqattaq said:

In his defense, he hasn't been targeted a lot, for whatever reason. He may not be a lock, but I would be very surprised if he got cut. As far as what to expect; 35-40 catches for 500-600 yards and a couple of TD's would be great. No one is expecting the guy to be the next Jerry Rice, despite the obligatory training camp hype. His main purpose is to be a Philly upgrade, which I think he will be. I HOPE he does a lot more than that. 

500 to 600 yards? Funchess has never even reached 500 yards. Yet some how Kelvin, Funchess, Olsen, Samuel, Mccaffrey, Byrd and Shepard have all been predicted to have over 600 receiving yards. KB and Olsen both being over 1000

 

[Jimmy]

Any word on what the coaches think at this point? RR names the entire lineup in interviews which always makes you wonder who fills the #5 & #6 slots.  I can't help but think that it's KB, Funch, Samuel, Byrd, Bersin as locks at this point.  Bersin, I know, I know...but has he shown anything but being a sure thing when the ball is thrown to him? Nope, his hands are ridiculously good. And if you're talking about your 5th & 6th WR how many targets are you expecting anyways?  Who the fug knows at this point...who do the coaches value will tell you...but I haven't heard anything definitive from the staff at this point.

[Soul Rebel]

I know it's only preseason, but 1 catch for 5 yards is not what I expected for a guy that some thought could be a top-3 WR on our squad. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt with DA playing like absolute trash and it only being preseason, but I wonder if he will go the way of our last Tampa reject WR that we all had high hopes for. 

Competition breeds success, so at least we have that pushing the likes of Byrd and the hungry youngsters that want it.

[heel31ok]

On 8/23/2017 at 3:26 PM, *FreeFua* said:

So on a team where no one has really separated themselves (minus KB obviously) you're not sure the guy with a dead cap hit of 2.1 million makes the team?

Shepard is 100% making the team this year.

Now next year if we cut Shep we will save 2 million but still carry 1.4 million in dead cap. 

 

Gettlemagic...