#2 Wide Receiver 2016-17

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Rausch

Well, our no 2 WR has only averaged 3 catches a game the last 3 weeks.

Not great...

But again, he's not our #2 target; Kelce is.

If you figure that you want Maclin getting 10 targets a game and Kelce another 8 then your backs get 6ish you're at 24. In a typical game we'll probably throw the ball 30 times or so. So you're looking at 6 targets for Wilson, the #3 WR and the #2 TE combined.

The #2 WR in this offense just isn't a terribly critical position. I see Milkman's point regarding effort - yeah, Wilson has failed to lay out a time or two this season - but using raw numbers just doesn't make a lot of sense for the X in this system.

Wilson is averaging 3.3 targets/gm and I don't think it's because he's failing to get open. We saw last season that he was getting about 6 targets/gm down the stretch when he was our de facto #1 option and he was making things happen with those targets. His lack of numbers is a function of the system and not Wilson himself.

As to the effort, I just think he needs to have a better understanding of what he can and cannot do. Or perhaps we need that understanding and he already has it. The long catch he made 2 weeks ago when he went up into traffic and brought the ball in knowing he was going to get hit makes me think that he's not exactly a scared player. Moreover, he's an UDFA that made himself into a starting WR - guys that jake plays don't manage that.

I just think we have far more pressing concerns than Albert Wilson.