Is Dez now Hakeem Nicks?

[Everson24]

Don't laugh and hear me out for a second. Hakeem Nicks was a dominant receiver for the Giants before the Jones fracture in his foot. He never regained the explosiveness that made him the wide receiver he was between 2009-2011.

When Dez broke the same bone in his foot, I immediately thought of Nicks. It seems that Dez has now lost his ability to separate and maybe that is why the coaches now refuse to run him on any quick crossing routes. If this is the case we are in big trouble going forward as an offense and his salary cap hit will kill this team in the next few years.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

SMH...Dez has a bad game and people start this stuff.

 

[Everson24]

SMH...Dez has a bad game and people start this stuff.

Dez has had nothing but bad games since he broke his foot. People also said the same thing about Nicks his first year back from the injury too.

 

[jrumann59]

Hard to separate from bracket coverage and poor game plans. What I saw was a game plan by the giants that dared the rook to beat them. Dallas game plan was to not make any mistakes and play conservatively.

 

[Section446]

SMH...Dez has a bad game and people start this stuff.

It's not just a bad game, he is about as inconsistent as any WR in the league. He will have a good game, then disappear for a week or two. There was a time when he appeared to be on his way to being mentioned among the elite WR's, that time has past, he's just a guy at this point.

Edit: Granted, the scheme isn't doing him any favors.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

If you say so.

 

[SDCowboy]

SMH...Dez has a bad game and people start this stuff.

lol A bad game? He was terrible last season when he played, and it has now carried over to this one.

 

[Clarkson]

this board is insufferable after a loss. the stupidity cannot be measured.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Don't laugh and hear me out for a second. Hakeem Nicks was a dominant receiver for the Giants before the Jones fracture in his foot. He never regained the explosiveness that made him the wide receiver he was between 2009-2011.

When Dez broke the same bone in his foot, I immediately thought of Nicks. It seems that Dez has now lost his ability to separate and maybe that is why the coaches now refuse to run him on any quick crossing routes. If this is the case we are in big trouble going forward as an offense and his salary cap hit will kill this team in the next few years.

Get back to me week 8. Bryant has always been to disappear in a game or 4 over the season

Its a possibility, but I need a bigger sample size

 

[robbieruff]

Don't laugh and hear me out for a second. Hakeem Nicks was a dominant receiver for the Giants before the Jones fracture in his foot. He never regained the explosiveness that made him the wide receiver he was between 2009-2011.

When Dez broke the same bone in his foot, I immediately thought of Nicks. It seems that Dez has now lost his ability to separate and maybe that is why the coaches now refuse to run him on any quick crossing routes. If this is the case we are in big trouble going forward as an offense and his salary cap hit will kill this team in the next few years.

I hope you're wrong as I'm sure you do as well. Dez looked to be in good form in pre-season. Physically I mean. But he was certainly shut down yesterday. It will be interesting to monitor this as it develops and he gets his next big chance against Josh Norman.

 

[Section446]

I hope you're wrong as I'm sure you do as well. Dez looked to be in good form in pre-season. Physically I mean. But he was certainly shut down yesterday. It will be interesting to monitor this as it develops and he gets his next big chance against Josh Norman.

What's wild is that he was shut down against a CB that he destroyed before the injury (Jenkins).

 

[Dave_in-NC]

Dez is a one trick pony. Throw it high let him out jump the Dbs. Until I see him used a different way, that's what it is.

 

[wick]

Dez' catch percentage in his last seven games:

• 20.0
• 44.4
• 16.7
• 42.9
• 25.0
• 44.4
• 41.7

Pretty dumb to ignore that trend as meaningless, IMO.

 

[SDCowboy]

Get back to me week 8. Bryant has always been to disappear in a game or 4 over the season

Its a possibility, but I need a bigger sample size

Last season wasn't a big enough sample?

 

[Everson24]

this board is insufferable after a loss. the stupidity cannot be measured.

So you know for sure that this is the same Dez we saw in 2014? He doesn't look the same to me.

 

[Section446]

Dez' catch percentage in his last seven games:

• 20.0
• 44.4
• 16.7
• 42.9
• 25.0
• 44.4
• 41.7

Pretty dumb to ignore that trend as meaningless, IMO.

That looks downright pathetic, how does it compare to other WR's in the league?

 

[darthseinfeld]

Last season wasn't a big enough sample?

Different context IMO. He was coming off a broken foot he may not have fully trusted

 

[SDCowboy]

Different context IMO. He was coming off a broken foot he may not have fully trusted

What's going to be the excuse for this season? So far, we're seeing exactly what we saw last season with him.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Don't laugh and hear me out for a second. Hakeem Nicks was a dominant receiver for the Giants before the Jones fracture in his foot. He never regained the explosiveness that made him the wide receiver he was between 2009-2011.

When Dez broke the same bone in his foot, I immediately thought of Nicks. It seems that Dez has now lost his ability to separate and maybe that is why the coaches now refuse to run him on any quick crossing routes. If this is the case we are in big trouble going forward as an offense and his salary cap hit will kill this team in the next few years.

Dez is not the problem his head coach is the problem. The system is terrible. "take what the defense gives you" allows teams to take Dez out of the game. It happens all the time.

 

[darthseinfeld]

What's going to be the excuse for this season? So far, we're seeing exactly what we saw last season with him.

No excuse for this season. But I want to let it play out before I judge