What will you be looking for vs the Eagles

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Re: What will you be looking for vs the Eagles

Post by Ice » Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:40 pm

There's certainly going to be a degree of subjectivity with drops and incompletes, but the 10 yard deep box they insisted on/were forced to play in contributed to an awful lot of negative perceptions. Drops, speed, deep ability... all likely got a little distorted in the Sphincterverse. I'd hope we're going to see improvement from all the skill players.


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Post by Jizz Mop » Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:42 pm

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Post by DP39 » Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:50 pm

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If JW can put some consistent production up this season, it might be him that gets C2, not Juju, based on relative cost, but Juju is a big slot WR in the NFL who occasionally slides outside to take advantage of match-ups, where Washington has been purely an X, lining up on the outside. Juju is 6'2", JW is 5'10" or 11". They really aren't the same guy. JW was drafted to take the top off the D.

I agree judging WR based on Sphincter-era output could be pretty misleading.
I get what you're saying, but JuJu and JW are actually almost identical size and athletic profiles. While JuJu is exactly 2.25" taller, they are almost identical in every other size and athletic measurement category. JW's wingspan is 2" longer and JuJu has slightly bigger hands. That's really about it, surprisingly.

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Post by Ice » Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:53 pm

A Range Rover weighs only a little more and is only a little shorter than an S550 AMG, but I know which one I'd rather take off road and which one I'd rather have on the autobahn.
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Post by DP39 » Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:06 pm

Ice wrote:
Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:53 pm
A Range Rover weighs only a little more and is only a little shorter than an S550 AMG, but I know which one I'd rather take off road and which one I'd rather have on the autobahn.
You're smarter than this.....aren't you? Maybe not. smh

Go look at all of their combine/pro day #s.

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Post by COR-TEN » Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:32 pm

Jobu wrote:
Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:58 pm
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Drop Rates among #Steelers

➤ Diontae Johnson - 13.7%
➤ James Washington - 11.8%
➤ Eric Ebron - 11.1%
➤ James Conner - 10.3%
➤ Chase Claypool - 6.1%
➤ JuJu Smith-Schuster - 3%

FWIW
I ain't no expert, but the number of targets would make that stat line somewhat meaningful.
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Post by Ice » Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:49 pm

DP39 wrote:
Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:06 pm
Ice wrote:
Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:53 pm
A Range Rover weighs only a little more and is only a little shorter than an S550 AMG, but I know which one I'd rather take off road and which one I'd rather have on the autobahn.
You're smarter than this.....aren't you? Maybe not. smh

Go look at all of their combine/pro day #s.

Have a good one...if that's possible....
The way they're actually used on a football field is very different is the point. One is a big slot, the other is an outside WR. Even though they had comparable combine stats. Like the Benz and the Rover. Claypool currently plays the position Washington was drafted to play, not Juju.

Might not have been the best metaphor, but not really worth the shot at IQ and/or mental state.

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Post by K_C_ » Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:54 pm

DP39 wrote:
Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:06 pm
Ice wrote:
Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:53 pm
A Range Rover weighs only a little more and is only a little shorter than an S550 AMG, but I know which one I'd rather take off road and which one I'd rather have on the autobahn.
You're smarter than this.....aren't you? Maybe not. smh

Go look at all of their combine/pro day #s.

Have a good one...if that's possible....
There's no point. The dude doesn't understand that Washington has developed into a possession type receiver with the ability to get deep occasionally. He isn't the deep threat the Steelers thought he would become when they drafted him. He's still a very good receiver and as Cor and others have pointed out, Washington has been clutch when it mattered most, numerous times.

Washington might have been drafted to play the role Claypool currently plays, but JuJu is JW's closest comparable player.
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Post by Ice » Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:57 pm

Ironically, JJSS keeps pushing for outside opportunities to increase potential market value. Even in an NFLN interview. Gonna need all of em at some point, though.
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