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Will DJ Moore be active week one?

Eazy-E

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If he is active does he play? He hasn’t shown much in the preseason except for a few catches and some nice moves against 3rd and 4th stringers. Right now we have a log jam at receiver and I think we end up keeping 6 with only 4 or 5 being active on game day. Who is the odd man out? If Dj does play who’s snaps is he taking, Torrey’s? I really wish we had this problem last season.

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Laugh all you want but it’s an honest question. He has hardly got any work in with the first team in pre season. Samuel has more first team snaps so far than Moore for example. We may have to keep an extra O line active with all the injuries, so coach is going to have to make some tough decisions.

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Reminder not all WRs are like 2014’s class and instant Elites. DJ Moore is more a raw guy with potential than a sure day one starting star.

Reason DJ Moore is low in productivity is the coaching staff forcing him into an outside role when his technique doesn’t warrant that yet.

He’d be fantastic from the slot and in space, but he’s not an outside guy yet. His press technique is lazy; his release is poor and that allows DBs to jam him early. Only way he wins is by beating the DB at the top of his route (he’s real good at that) but otherwise he’s a tough window to throw in and will have a DB draped on him until he fixes technique.

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4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Funchess, Wright and Samuel should absolutely be active.

That leaves one spot you can fill with Moore, Torrey Smith...maybe Damiere Byrd but I'd call that a long shot (granted he has special teams value).

Byrd is more than special teams he will probably be the best deep threat on the field. He was gaining huge chunks in the intermediate routes as well. 

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6 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Funchess, Wright and Samuel should absolutely be active.

That leaves one spot you can fill with Moore, Torrey Smith...maybe Damiere Byrd but I'd call that a long shot (granted he has special teams value).

In realty funchess Samuel and cmc are our best receivers the rest are interchangeable 

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I'm pretty sure he will be, especially since we open at home. Ron knows the fans will want to see our first round pick!

I'm guessing it will be at the expense of Byrd or Smith. Much will depend on ST and kick return.  If Barner can handle returns Byrd likely to be inactive.

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1 minute ago, jumpman910 said:

Huge chunks against alot of guys that won't see the field on Sundays... 

To be fair, Moore has also been spending a fair amount of time playing against guys who won't see the field on Sundays. He's played well into all three games.

Asking why he hasn't produced in those circumstances is a fair question.

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Ron was already talking in some presser recently about how tough trying to figure out the 46 is going to be. You can tell it's already causing a lot of debate and hard decisions to be considered. I've never to my recollection heard Ron mention the challenge of roster math prior to cuts, but the situation with the Oline adds an extra layer of complexity.

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