Aros":2hxujrqx said:
One thing I think we can all agree on is that for some reason, that prototypical 6 foot 4/5/6" primary target who runs like the wind with soft hands has eluded us. We flirted with success through the years but in short bursts (Joe Jurevicius comes to mind) but we can never seem to find that tall, talented #1 type WR. Why has it been so hard to find that player when many other teams seem to have found theirs through the draft?
Look around the league, very few of the star big bodied receivers (Mike Evans, Thomas, Hopkins, Jones, Cooper, etc) were taken in later rounds, in fact most were taken in the first and second.
So I just don't think we have the draft capital or team depth on either side of the ball to spend a first or even second rounder (if we get one back) on a prototypical flanker Z type of receiver.
It's why we keep swinging and missing on retreads like Marshall, Pete and John can't, or won't use a high pick on a sure thing.......not with holes all over the roster and the priority to rebuild the defense.