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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Giving things a charitable reading, for certain coaches that's absolutely what he'd have to be.
We'll need to come up with some tricks to deal with the lack of play strength. It's a thing. A fairly significant one. He CAN be bodied off.
So we'll have to come up with motion, route combos and usage patters that really discourage/prevent teams from trying to get physical with him.
Not every team has a coach that can do that as well as ours can. So if you're viewing the guy in a vacuum, I could see reaching that conclusion.
But here? Well, we have a better shot than most at getting everything out of him. Reid's a wizard at motion, route combos and establishing/breaking tendencies.
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I'm speaking more to the assumption that he's a gadget guy that can't run routes, track the ball, etc.
Sure, he's a very unique talent with his size, so you absolutely have to have a plan/role specifically for him, but I think not having one is more of an indictment on the coach than anything.
All of these young offensive minds like McDaniels, McVay, Shanaham, Slowik, Johnson, etc. would all know exactly how to use him too.