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SanDiego49er · 2011-12-09T01:08:28-08:00

- Josh Morgan is injured for the season with a broken leg. - Ted Ginn is a great return man but drops a lot of passes. - Braylon Edwards has a bad knee and a bad shoulder. He rarely if ever plays. And when he does he limps around 1/2 speed. - VD is a great TE but he has some drops. Putting Kyle Williams out there gives another SURE HANDED target. Kyle Williams and Crabtree are probably the 2 best hands guys on the team. In fact I may put Kyle ahead of him. And Kyle is fast too. Real fast with good quickness. Runs great routes too. Tougher than given credit for as well. See the stiffarm.

Dec 9, 2011 at 1:22 PM

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WildBill
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Originally posted by stillpans4gold:
Also, in his short playing time, he's shown a variety of skills and abilities.

- Had a long catch and run for a TD.

- Had a goal-line end zone (Key play) catch for a TD (Something we need to have more of)

- Been good at getting getting the first down

- Showed great speed and running ability on that fly sweep play against the Rams.

- And… That stiff arm was naaaasssssttttyyyy!

Crap pic I know! Please somebody out there post a better pic of this epic stiff arm.... or even better a .gif

As for more playing time, I think it's going to happen naturally, but he's been a nice surprise and filled the Morgan/Edwards-hole pretty well. Since the Rams game, I've been looking into this kid and found a lot of interesting things. Just a hunch... this kid feels like a playoff "hidden" impact player

I really liked this kid last year, but then he got injury problems, then I was like, oh man not another Morgan. Morgan is pretty good too and was starting to comeinto his own then whap, another injury. Was glad they saw his (Williams) talent and kept him.

Dec 9, 2011 at 1:24 PM

#62

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Originally posted by ChazBoner:

That's Garrison Hearst 99yds TD stiff arm

Dec 9, 2011 at 6:10 PM

#63

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We have to because we need speed on offense right now as Ginn isn't a polished route runner and has decent hands and drops too many balls. Kyle has made play after play when given the chance.

Dec 9, 2011 at 6:32 PM

#64

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Originally posted by jreff22:
I would start Kyle and let Braylon play a couple of snaps to slowly get him back into the mix.

This

Dec 9, 2011 at 6:44 PM

#65

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Kyle definitely has some game changing ability but dont give up on Braylon just yet - expect great things from him in the red zone specifically. I can feel it. Huge catches are coming soon ..., and in the playoffs...., and beyond!

Dec 9, 2011 at 6:47 PM

#66

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Originally posted by English:
At the least, give him more playing time.

Winner!

Dec 9, 2011 at 7:05 PM

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It should be noted that during the lockout at 'Camp Alex', Morgan and Williams were probably Alex Smith's most consistent rep-targets/fully-practicing receivers (Edwards wasn't here yet, and Crabs didn't participate in any non-NFL-insured practices). -So it's really no wonder that since the beginning of the season, both Morgan (before injury), and Williams seem(ed) to catch almost any kind of ball thrown their way from Alex.

Dec 9, 2011 at 7:06 PM

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That first TD earlier in the year is still the best TD I have seen from the niners so far.

Dec 9, 2011 at 7:12 PM

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Originally posted by leakyfausett:
That first TD earlier in the year is still the best TD I have seen from the niners so far.

It was a signature 49ers type of catch, the most shown in photographs this season.

Dec 9, 2011 at 7:14 PM

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This guy is about to GO OFF on the Cardinals this Sunday. Book it. P.Peterson thought that Crabtree was a challenge...imagine Williams vs Peterson and whoever else they got in that secondary.

Dec 9, 2011 at 7:52 PM

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Cjez
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K-Dub is excited about playing in AZ. Gonna ball it up!

Dec 9, 2011 at 10:08 PM

#72

sfninerfanMax
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at least play him--- a lot!

Dec 9, 2011 at 10:23 PM

#73

dave1003
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We can't give up on Edwards yet. This is a guy who just a couple of years ago had 16 td's. It's not like we are over paying for him, we got him for peanuts this year. If he is healthy, you have to start him.

Dec 9, 2011 at 10:34 PM

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If Edwards is ready It will be Crabtree and Edwards, safe to say Crabs is the #1... Kyle Williams ATLEAST deserves the #3 spot, safe to say he leaped Ginn in the rotation, but Ginn will still get snaps on some end arounds and some go routes.. If Edwards is still slow, expect to see ALOT of Kyle Sunday!!!!

Dec 9, 2011 at 10:41 PM

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Originally posted by dave1003:
We can't give up on Edwards yet. This is a guy who just a couple of years ago had 16 td's. It's not like we are over paying for him, we got him for peanuts this year. If he is healthy, you have to start him.

I think that's the point though, Edwards hasn't been healthy and still doesn't look to be, either.