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This Year's Rookie Receivers

Mr. Scot

By Mr. Scot,
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rico6 Grand Master

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I think LaFell can become every bit the player that Muhammad was, and possibly more.

Gettis has the speed, but I kind of think it's too early to tell if he's top-20 caliber.

Gettis easily has more straight-line speed than Prime Moose ever did. If / when Gettis improves on his route running is when I see him becoming the new #1.

Lafell might be dat deal, but his hands have got to get better. However, for a 6-3 220 Wide-Out he has excellent speed.

Give or take a year with the two and they become stars. Guarantee.

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Gettis easily has more straight-line speed than Prime Moose ever did. If / when Gettis improves on his route running is when I see him becoming the new #1.

Lafell might be dat deal, but his hands have got to get better. However, for a 6-3 220 Wide-Out he has excellent speed.

Give or take a year with the two and they become stars. Guarantee.

I agree but I think LaFell has shown a lot of improvement since the season began. The first few games I thought he was a bust because he droped a whole lot of catched but he improved his catching ability as the season went on which has me hopeful for the upcoming season.

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I'm just curious if we really have a legit #1 who can make teams worry about him. I feel like Green will be one of those guys, but that doesnt automatically mean he should be the #1 pick. I'm worried about Gettis' route running and Lafell's ability to get separation against #1 CBs, though i like the idea of these guys being guarded by 2nd and 3rd CBs.

I still think that BPA should be 90% of the equation and need 10% when discussing 1st rounders. Curious to see what the scouts think of guys like Fairley and Bowers as we get closer to the draft.

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those are good numbers for rookies. but most teams have WRs that AREN'T rookies on the depth chart. look at teams' overall passing numbers and ours were way down there. right now everyone is making ironic comments about Boldin and TJ, but both of them out performed all of our WRs this year.

imagine the Panthers with Calvin Johnson as #1, Gettis as #2, and Smith in slot a la Welker. because that's pretty damn awesome and that's what we could have if we draft Green.

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That's the biggest problem I have with drafting Green. If we have Smitty and Green as our top two then you've got Gettis and Lafell that showed so much promise going to waste. One being stuck as the #3 with limited targets and the other watching from the bench. If we trade Smitty then I'm all for Green though. Green/Gettis/LaFell for the next 8-10 years sounds pretty good.

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That's the biggest problem I have with drafting Green. If we have Smitty and Green as our top two then you've got Gettis and Lafell that showed so much promise going to waste. One being stuck as the #3 with limited targets and the other watching from the bench. If we trade Smitty then I'm all for Green though.

Smith would NOT be going to waste. he has said himself he wants a new young #1 target so he can play the slot.

was Welker going to waste when Randy Moss was in NE being awesome? no. he was making plays, like Smith will.

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Smith would NOT be going to waste. he has said himself he wants a new young #1 target so he can play the slot.

was Welker going to waste when Randy Moss was in NE being awesome? no. he was making plays, like Smith will.

I said Gettis/Lafell would be going to waste. Reading comprehension ftw.

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That's the biggest problem I have with drafting Green. If we have Smitty and Green as our top two then you've got Gettis and Lafell that showed so much promise going to waste. One being stuck as the #3 with limited targets and the other watching from the bench. If we trade Smitty then I'm all for Green though. Green/Gettis/LaFell for the next 8-10 years sounds pretty good.

we wouldn't need to trade smith, but it wouldn't hurt much to do that.

all i know is that if we did draft green and kept smith and also kept all of our RB corps, we could end up with the most talented WRs and RBs in the league. of course none of that matters if we can't get a QB that doesn't suck.

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That's the biggest problem I have with drafting Green. If we have Smitty and Green as our top two then you've got Gettis and Lafell that showed so much promise going to waste. One being stuck as the #3 with limited targets and the other watching from the bench. If we trade Smitty then I'm all for Green though. Green/Gettis/LaFell for the next 8-10 years sounds pretty good.

look at Green Bay dude. they have like 5 different receivers that all contribute to the team.

that's not me saying we SHOULD draft Green(I am also a Patrick Peterson fan), it's me saying that's not the reason to pass on him.

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look at Green Bay dude. they have like 5 different receivers that all contribute to the team.

that's not me saying we SHOULD draft Green(I am also a Patrick Peterson fan), it's me saying that's not the reason to pass on him.

Gettis and Lafell really aren't established consistent threats though. They still need all the playing time and targets they can get so they continue to develop. Don't think it's a good idea to bury them on the depth chart, JMO. (Not to mention we don't have Aaron Rodgers to spread the ball to everyone)

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I like both Gettis & LaFell, but I honestly feel like they're both better suited to be #2 WR's. Green would give us a true #1 elite target with Gettis on the outside and LaFell working the slot. Not bad at all, folks. And they'd all be young with their best years ahead of them.

I don't see any way Smith stays if we take Green. If we really want to open up the offense then we'll need 3-4 solid WR's and with Green, Gettis, LaFell, and then Edwards as the x-factor trick play/reverse type of guy that'd be a very solid lineup, especially if we add a do-it-all TE like Zach Miller in free agency.

Drafting Green would make Gettis & LaFell SO much more dangerous. They'd be playing against 2nd & 3rd corners while Green gets all the double teams and attention.

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