I do agree that we should manage expectations, but his praise of Tavon's personality doesn't change the reason he fell behind in LA.
Though to make those decisions,” Snead said. “Last year Tavon, unfortunately, when Sean got here, he had the wrist injury and couldn’t get on the field and fell behind. Unfortunately for him, we kind of moved on in terms of adding people to the roster and by the time he was able to get back, was never really able to get into the rotation.
“So, we did feel like Tavon deserved a chance to go try to be Tavon,” Snead continued. “But, I can’t say enough about that human being — just what he went through last year, where he was at on the depth chart by the end, but still being an unbelievable team guy.”
“n this short year that you’re around him, what a special, unique person he is,” McVay said. “Clearly an incredible talent where you see the athleticism, the explosiveness that he has to be able to create the big plays. I think you find out a lot about people when they go through some hardships or some adversity and all he continued to demonstrate is that he’s all about the right stuff. Can’t really echo enough about what Les said, just the amount of respect you have for the human being.”
My whole point with this was that we shouldn't look at Tavon's past and say he's an underwhelming player. We should see that sometimes a change of scenery can really take a players game to the next level. Tavon played under Jeff Fisher and his 'middle-school' offense for 4 years and still had a pro-bowl caliber season in 2015. I have no doubts he would have been extremely impactful in 2017 with McVay had he stayed healthy. I'm not saying he's an all-pro, but a guy with that type of athleticism and instinct in the open field will be effective if put in the right situations.
The worry is with Linehan, but he has stated he's always had a plan for Austin going back to 2013. He also put Reggie Bush in great positions to succeed in a similar role to Tavon when Bush had 1,006 rushing yards, four rushing touchdowns, 54 receptions, 506 receiving yards, and three receiving touchdowns. Tavon can be a real asset to the offense.
Also, here is an expert from an article with McVay talking about Tavon:
“I think the world of Tavon, not only as a player but as a person,” McVay said this week. “I think unfortunately with his situation, he was never really able to get healthy and it was hard to truly get him on there and get him the opportunities that he probably deserved. That’s something I wish I did a better job with.” ...
“We didn’t do a good enough job of being able to – and mostly, I didn’t do a good enough job of being able to get the most out of him because he’s a special player and he’s shown that when the ball is in his hands, good things have happened,” McVay added. I think it boils down to just some unfortunate circumstances with those injuries.”
https://theramswire.usatoday.com/20...ams-tavon-austin-trade-sean-mcvay-blame-2018/
