But the same for Lal, right? He never had the quarterbacks before either. Just like those receivers.
And he must have done something right for the three of them to have success.
Lal's ability is still in question, a lot of holes in giving credit to Lal for those 3 WRs. Woods while technically had a "career year" he also had a whole new team, system and coaches that I'm sure would take some of that credit. Even his career year wasn't that far off than what he produced in Buffalo before Lal even arrived, only 80 yds less and same number of TDs. Watkins got paid big, probably overpaid looking at his past production, because of his perceived potential and where he got drafted, but in no way was Sanjay Lal being his WR coach for 2 seasons any factor. Watkins isn't known for great route running or technique, he got paid because of his speed.
Goodwin has a good year at SF and now it's because of Lal? Maybe his new team, scheme, QB, coaches, or SF WR coach had something to do with that. I'm not trying to Sanjay is a bad coach, I'm just saying there really isn't much in his past that shows that he will be a difference maker with our WRs. I didn't much care for Dooley and suspect Lal will do an adequate job. It will be more about what Linehan does with the WRs that will determine our passing game success.