Time to trim some fat(Durham, Edwards)

[inkfreq]

The age old argument of which came first, the QB or the Offense.

Yep, Brady has made sub-par receivers looks acceptable, and they are winning games.

Yep, Stafford loses his main weapons, and we lose games.

It often makes me wonder, what would Calvin Johnson look like if we traded him to Jax to play with Blaine Gabbert? I am betting he would be a top 50 receiver, but no better than that.

A QB has to have weapons that can catch what he's throwing. So far, our backup receivers haven't been able to do that. If Durham, Broyles, and Ogletree can't make plays, you take Bush out of the equation because you can jam the box, and put each receiver in coverage with just your secondary. No need for LB's to cover.

Brady has less than exciting receivers in Thompkins, Dobson, Edelman, etc... but they still make the catches they should. If we could say the same for Durham, we'd be winning games without Calvin.

I actually look for Broyles to be a big contributor this weekend. Cleveland has a powerful D-Line and a good secondary. Intermediate throws to TE's, Reggie, and Broyles will be needed to win this game, because even if Calvin plays, he's not going to get open 25-30 yards downfield before that pressure gets to Stafford.

Broyles is a good receiver, and will be a contributor here, I just hope he's ready for the workload this weekend and his timing is all set to go.

 

[tonyballs]

I was just responding to your "For any NFL team and it cant be argued." argument.

2 teams out of 32 with WRs like that doesn't happen, bro. Yes, that's good drafting but a lot of luck as well. And in no way are both teams going to be able to keep all three in the future.

 

[mhughes0021]

Bush has missed time. Still a road win for Detroit.

Calvin and Burleson. Huge losses.

Brady has played like shit. It proves missing weapons is a big deal. And the Lions are missing 2 important weapons and have missed others too.

And I love how you love Thomas when he was injured 2 years. You would have given up on him in year 2 if Mayhew made that pick. But the Broncos are all knowing. I hope Broyles tears it up next year in year 3 so I can bring this back up and shut your face.

rd 4 project TE you can bring along slowly while he learns the game....make sense

rd 2 project WR you bring a long slowly while you have zillions of holes all over your team and atleast 3 WRs infront of him.....mayhewesque. Not to mention hes a slot WR which rarely ever get picked that high regardless. Slot WR coming off major ACL surgery in rd 2 is just pure genious. Again....I never said he cant produce in this offense....I said the fact we took him was plain stupid. Although at this point im having a hard time seeing if he'll ever produce in this offense. That's the bad thing about being a realist.....I have to actually see it happen more than once in 2 years to believe it while you guys just get to sit around and dream and make up shit like inks above post about how broyles is going to be huge next week

 

[tomdalton22]

The age old argument of which came first, the QB or the Offense.

Yep, Brady has made sub-par receivers looks acceptable, and they are winning games.

Yep, Stafford loses his main weapons, and we lose games.

It often makes me wonder, what would Calvin Johnson look like if we traded him to Jax to play with Blaine Gabbert? I am betting he would be a top 50 receiver, but no better than that.

A QB has to have weapons that can catch what he's throwing. So far, our backup receivers haven't been able to do that. If Durham, Broyles, and Ogletree can't make plays, you take Bush out of the equation because you can jam the box, and put each receiver in coverage with just your secondary. No need for LB's to cover.

Brady has less than exciting receivers in Thompkins, Dobson, Edelman, etc... but they still make the catches they should. If we could say the same for Durham, we'd be winning games without Calvin.

I actually look for Broyles to be a big contributor this weekend. Cleveland has a powerful D-Line and a good secondary. Intermediate throws to TE's, Reggie, and Broyles will be needed to win this game, because even if Calvin plays, he's not going to get open 25-30 yards downfield before that pressure gets to Stafford.

Broyles is a good receiver, and will be a contributor here, I just hope he's ready for the workload this weekend and his timing is all set to go.

So you are saying that CJ is worse than Cecil Shorts and Blackman?

 

[kdp80]

Gordon on the block or not?? Shit changes everyday,lol


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[Mitchrapp]

2 teams out of 32 with WRs like that doesn't happen, bro. Yes, that's good drafting but a lot of luck as well. And in no way are both teams going to be able to keep all three in the future.

Small sample for sure, just sayin' ;-)

 

[Mitchrapp]

The age old argument of which came first, the QB or the Offense.

Yep, Brady has made sub-par receivers looks acceptable, and they are winning games.

Yep, Stafford loses his main weapons, and we lose games.

It often makes me wonder, what would Calvin Johnson look like if we traded him to Jax to play with Blaine Gabbert? I am betting he would be a top 50 receiver, but no better than that.

A QB has to have weapons that can catch what he's throwing. So far, our backup receivers haven't been able to do that. If Durham, Broyles, and Ogletree can't make plays, you take Bush out of the equation because you can jam the box, and put each receiver in coverage with just your secondary. No need for LB's to cover.

Brady has less than exciting receivers in Thompkins, Dobson, Edelman, etc... but they still make the catches they should. If we could say the same for Durham, we'd be winning games without Calvin.

I actually look for Broyles to be a big contributor this weekend. Cleveland has a powerful D-Line and a good secondary. Intermediate throws to TE's, Reggie, and Broyles will be needed to win this game, because even if Calvin plays, he's not going to get open 25-30 yards downfield before that pressure gets to Stafford.

Broyles is a good receiver, and will be a contributor here, I just hope he's ready for the workload this weekend and his timing is all set to go.

A WR who people still talk about, Larry Fitzgerald. Outside a short time with Warner, his QB have been wretched.

 

[inkfreq]

So you are saying that CJ is worse than Cecil Shorts and Blackman?

Point taken.

 

[motown1958]

Megatron put up decent number pre Stafford with some of the worlds worst qbs throwing him the ball. Culpepper? Kitna? Orlovsky? Stanton? the list goes on. Those guys are all as bad or worse than Gabbert so I think Megatron would still put up decent stats.