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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
He doesn't have the balance he needs to be what you want him to be here.
A bump, a nudge...a hard cut - it can all bring him down. He's not quick enough to avoid contact altogether, just quick enough to avoid hard contact. He needs to have the balance that Charles has to allow himself to keep his feet and keep going.
He's a bunch of poorly fitting parts. He doesn't have the size to be a possession WR, the speed to be a downfield WR, the balance to be a jitterbug/slot WR or the hands/vision to even be a valuable 3rd down back.
He's just not a very good NFL player. He lacks 1 necessary component of pretty much every role he could possibly fill.
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As of right now, you're right. And while Wylie is far from special, we've seen some of the quickness with ball-in-hand that we've wanted to see from McCluster.
He's gotta show really quick what he can do, and I would rather see him get just a few more games before we close the book. I think he has better quick twitch moves, short-field speed, and ability to make people miss than he gets credit for. He just hasn't done it on the NFL level, and I think a lot of that is his instincts and vision have been lackluster (which may be uncoachable), but I also don't think the coaches have used him well.
I want to see him in a position to fight for his job on a very short leash. I'd rather see that early in the season than just cutting him before the season starts.