Roadtrip635
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You're right, the WR by committee approach might only work with a great QB, or at the very least a veteran QB with many seasons under their belt. People said we didn't need a #1 WR, but every team needs one at some point in every game. There going to be those times, you need to make a pass, behind the chains, behind on score or time and have that one player you have the confidence that you can throw it to them, that they will come down with it just through their own own ability. You gotta have at least one exceptional player in the passing game.The problem with this offense this year is that we don't have a #1 wr. Since the days of Irvin this offense, when successful, has always had a wr that required a cb with safety help coverage. Why is that important? To make the defense make a decision on where they're going to allocate resources. If they put an extra man in the box then we'll pass, if they keep the safeties deep then we'll run. It's pretty simple. Last year with all the talk about Dez not requiring a double anymore, Rod Woodson, defensive coach on the Raiders said that they played a safety over Dez the entire game.
This year there's no decision to be made, put 8 men in the box and take your chances with Dak and it's paid off for the opposition. Wide receiver by committee can only work when you have someone like a Brady or Rodgers, you know a GOAT, for Dallas to think that Dak was on that level was a serious mistake. So now you have a subpar passer throwing to mediocre wrs thus you're getting what you paid for.
We don't have a QB to make a WR/TE look better, WR/TE to make our QB look better or the coaching staff to make either look better.