seahawk12thman":jjfpys3b said:
ManBunts":jjfpys3b said:
Lockette puts the fear of god into returners, and while Rice has had some contributions in the past and some big catches, the man is too brittle and has no special teams abilities. I really like Matthews but, if for the sake of this exercise we're only keeping six, I'm keeping Lockette over Matthews again due to the special teams attributes. He's a BIG reason why we held opponents to such ridiculously small returns
I think Kearse is battling with Norwood and Rice with Mathews. It would really suck to see Kearse get cut but I think that is going to happen. I won't be fooled overlooking the value of Rice this year. It was painfully obvious how much we lost when he went down.
One more thing, If McCoy keeps dropping passes they might make mathews a pass catching tight end hybrid.
I like your willingness to think outside the box, but I don't see us letting Kearse go
this year. Not in order to retain Rice, Matthews or even the suddenly, wildly popular Ricardo Lockette. Kearse is too good, too cheap and knows the system.
Harvin, Baldwin, Norwood, Richardson, Kearse (+1) gives us a group of receivers we've not known in recent past. Great hands, great speed and nobody in that group knows the meaning of fear (even though at least 2 of them should).
Not to beat a dead horse, but when I look at that group and consider replacing Richardson for Lockette, considering size and health concerns, I don't see a huge drop off in the overall unit. Then I consider the (apparent) continued woes of McCoy and I still wish we would have drafted ASJ instead of Richardson (even in staying put to do so).
Our pass catchers would then look like:
Harvin
Baldwin
Norwood
Kearse
Lockette
Rice?
Miller
Willson
ASJ
The latter just looks a bit more well rounded, if not more reliable and dangerous, to me. And yes, I am a homer.