Receiving Group

[stilltheguru88]

Let me put that up for you again



You guys thinking drafting more WRs is the answer. The system is broken.

He’s acting like they don’t have a gunslinger qb as well

 

[DuceizBak]

Beasley's quickness is negated by his predictable routes. Defenders are running the routes before he does. This is a problem.

Bingo. Beasley runs gets routes, but our coaches expect other defenses not to watch film and not see how predictable we can be??

 

[Chuck 54]

Look at Pittsburg, almost a clone of our team, only better.
Despite having their own Lee in Shazier, a defense considered to be way down from what they used to be, so they strengthen what’s already a strength....offense.

Like the Cowboys, they have a pro bowl C, G, and T to pave the way for what many call the best all-around RB in the NFL. On top of that they have a younger, more athletic TE and a QB who’s been to the top of the mountain, yet he had some struggles and actually faced questions if he had lost it earlier this season. They have the best WR in the NFL paired with Martavis Bryant and a bunch of another young receivers, but what do they do? They draft JuJu at #62 of second round, allowing him to abuse single coverage.

That kid had only one private workout....with whom? The freakin’ Cowboys! Like Elliott, spending draft capital on a quality wr who will kill single coverage while Dez is doubled would do wonders to mask a less than stellar defense.

 

[Chuck 54]

Beasley's quickness is negated by his predictable routes. Defenders are running the routes before he does. This is a problem.

I don’t think any defender is running his routes. They are bracketing him with a LB inside and a DB outside. Beasley is a bit of a one trick pony who can’t take too many hits. He can’t beat the DB who sits outside waiting for his cutback, but I’m not sure why he struggles to shake the lb on the inside. We basically overpaid him for running one successful route. He can still beat man coverage, but LBs are taking away what he wants to do.

 

[CowboyRoy]

I've complained a lot about Dez, but the receiving group as a unit is a problem.

They had Beasley and Witten run some deep routes in the Raiders game which indicates a problem because that's obviously not their strong-suit.

I think any 1 of the group would be better if surrounded by players that make up for their limitations.

Witten - Great possession receiver but lacks speed and is surrounded by WRs that lack any elite speed/elusiveness.

Beasley - Quick but lacks deep speed or run after catch elusiveness.

TWill - Can run all the routes but struggles to catch the ball on short routes because he does not react fast enough. He's not really good at catching deep balls either. He is decent in the intermediate area but is not good on contested/jump-balls.

Dez - Limited route tree and speed but still has some quickness and jumping ability. Lack of speed needs to be offset by more speed at #2/3 WR or TE. He might be much better if they had a legit alpha-dog #1 WR and Dez was the #2 or even if they had a #2 with Tyreek Hill type of speed/elusiveness.

Basically the combo of a slow #1 TE and a slowish #1 WR is difficult to overcome, but even moreso when the #2/3 WRs are limited.

Add to the above that the RBs Morris and Smith are not speed guys and you end up with a slowish offense when Zeke is out. It's too bad Dunbar didn't develop due to injuries because he is the type of backup RB that could add legit speed to the offense either as a RB or slot WR.

Bottom line: They must add some talent at WR and/or TE and an uber speed backup RB with receiving skills could also help.

I agree with a lot of what you said here. Good analysis. But on the Dez front you simply cannot have a #2 making 16 million or whatever stupid salary number he is getting. Dez would be a great possession/goal line type #2 WR. But not at that price. If he would take a pay cut to around 7 million and we go out and find a legit #1 speed guy that would work great. Witten needs to retire and I would like to see Switzer get involved.