I've always liked the general premise of thinning out the defense by putting more WRs on the field. The easiest block is taking the defender out of the playing by making him line up wide.
And I definitely agree with forcing DBs to spend all day tackling Zeke instead of LBs. That would be one hell of a long day for the DBs.
Things in favor of it specifically for us:
- Just lost our top two TEs, and we're left with guys with no experience and little demonstrated talent.
- Our WRs are weak at the top, but fairly deep, I think.
- With Thompson and Austin, we've actually got some speed to stretch the field (though we should have done that more with Butler).
- Beasley should be on the field as a guy who has demonstrated that he requires 1.5+ coverage.
- Our oline is our strength, and forcing defenders out of the box, and making a dline play head to head against them, plays to our strength.
I was thinking 3WR and a FB. That's probably putting our best players on the field. But 4WR could be better. Or 3WR and one TE.
But definitely, Beasley should be part of our base. He should basically be a starter. *At least* 3WR between the 20s.
We'll see how good Olawale is. Likely better than any of our TEs. I wish they'd look at Bo as a FB too. Having two real running threats has gone out of style. With all the focus on pass defense, the NFL may not be prepared for two big backs to deal with. With a QB who can run too.