Best thing to do is trade down if someone is willing to trade up and draft Mike Evans. That way we get a WR AND gain another pick.
I agree. Evans is better than V-jax. Better hands, better quickness, a lot more physical.
Evans is a monster. V-Jax is getting up there in age. He doesn't have much left in the tank. Evans would be a great replacement.
We don't need a "slot guy". We need true receivers. A guy who can play inside and on the outside. Any guy we get isn't just going to play in the slot. Common mistake by casual fans.Of that list I'd take Maclin or Decker although Decker stands to make a ton of money.
We have "true receivers" in Mike Williams and Vincent Jackson. Sanders is a "true receiver" b/c he makes play on the outside but he's more effective as a "slot guy". We need a "slot guy" to get open QUICKLY. Jackson and Williams need long developing routes to be effective. Maclin will be on the IR list faster than your head can spin.
By true receivers I mean overall receiver. Not just a guy who thrives in the slot. Injuries happen. You can't just have 2 receivers on your roster who can play on the outside. This isn't Madden.And Vincent Jackson needs long routes to get open because he only runs 1 route. In 2010, Mike Williams & Josh Freeman's bread n butter was the quick slant. Mike can get open quickly.And honestly who made up this fabricated myth that Jeremy Maclin is injury prone? He tore his ACL in camp last season. Before that he had missed 3 games in 4 years. All in 2011....Fans really don't know what they are talking about sometimes. They just regurgitate the bull**CENSORED** they hear from people they think know what their talking about.
A force at slot WR will remain a force, no matter what though. I see what your saying and I get that you should be able to play every WR position in the NFL but if you can get a guy who specializes in option routes - it won't matter who's on the outside. You can have duds on the outside all day and still get that guy to pump out 100+ catch seasons in the right offense. Just because their slot WR's mainly doesn't mean that aren't capable outside WR's either which you seem to imply.Jackson is probably the best route runner on the team. He needs long routes to get open because he is not a quick twitch athlete, it takes him awhile for him to reach his top speed. Same with Mike Williams he doesn't accelerate when he's running until he hits about 8-10 yards. A quick twitch athlete can get open quickly and serve as a huge threat in the passing game especially on third downs where we've been horrible at.
