I'll give you 4 WRs. You tell me who Dez is better than - Antonio Brown, Julio Jones, DeAndre Hopkins, Odell Beckham.
I'd rather not be the team Dez ages on. He's a mental midget who throws temper tantrums in times of adversity and he relies completely on his athletic ability on the field. Something that will fade over time. Leaving him to be a poor route running head case who can't get open. He's not a guy who will age well.
Beasley is nice in a limited role but very, very limited at that. It's not high on my priority list to replace him but I do believe we can upgrade that position with the right player. Someone with a little more size and speed.
I don't think much of Williams. He's a role player who is easily replaced and hopefully with someone more capable of producing consistently when the #1 is out of the lineup.
I'd much rather have Dez over Beckham. And if your problem with Dez is about temper tantrums (which cameras have shown he is not throwing temper tantrums, but encouraging teammates)...then what about Beckham and his absolutely inexcusable behavior against the Panthers in a game this year?
I think Hopkins is great, but he hasn't proven it for as long as Dez. I think Jones is great as well, but when we are comparing A Games and had to have a player come down with a pass when cloaked by defenders, I'll take Dez. That only leaves Brown although he is far, far, far better utilized that Dez. If an opponent is willing to put a LB on Brown and have a safety over the top, you can rest assure that the Steelers will take that and find a way to take full advantage of that. Garrett OTOH we might be lucky to see us take advantage of that 10% of the time until Garrett is basically held at gunpoint to do so.
Beasley is a matchup problem in the slot. I just don't see where you're going to get a more efficient producer than Beasley. But without Dez (or any X-receiver), then the defenses can key on Beasley. It's a bit unfair to blame that on Beasley because he's not an X-receiver, but very efficient at the slot if he has a legit X-receiver available.
I don't hate T-Will, but he's the most limited of the bunch and the least efficient of the group. You can only put him at the Z and his catch radius is small and you're going to get inconsistent play out of him. He's not really a burner, more deceptive speed wise. But, not a guy that scares D-Coordinators deep.
I still don't see the WR, at this point being a problem. Another WR would be more like putting the cart before the horse. Especially if Butler comes along nicely because he has the speed to help this team. I do think we need to give Hanna more opportunities in the passing game and see if he can reasonably supplant Witten.
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