"3rd and Jauan" Jennings l WR Tennessee, signs with Vikings

Originally posted by NinerGM:

Originally posted by WINiner:

Wearing TO's old # 81.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Totally cursed.

Someone's gotta break it someday

I think this dude will turn heads. our run game is gonna be insane when deebo, kittle, juice and this dude are on the field in certain packages.

Originally posted by NinerGM:

Originally posted by WINiner:

Wearing TO's old # 81.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Totally cursed.

"That's a baaaaad man!"

Crock talk nice breakdown of Jennings

Originally posted by hondakillerzx:

I think this dude will turn heads. our run game is gonna be insane when deebo, kittle, juice and this dude are on the field in certain packages.

DB/LB bully squad I can't wait

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by 49ers81:
Sorry but I am not missing the point. His original argument was that the addition of Jennings added "physicality and aggression" to a WR crops that generally "lacked" those traits. My response was to list all of the receivers that we have on the roster who have already demonstrated those exact qualities, which seems to be a trait that Shanahan specifically looks for in his receivers. The fact that Taylor wasn't available to play last year doesn't alter the fact that when he is healthy he plays with physicality and aggression. It's an apples and oranges argument. The two aren't related in any way. I don't know how Taylor injured his back initially but the foot injury happened in training camp and then was complicated by a whole series of infections which kept him out the entire year. Just bad luck on his part. Up until then it had been frequently reported that he was having the best camp of any receiver on the roster.

Since he hasn't played for awhile I am including this clip of highlights as a reminder of what he brings to the team when he is healthy. I would like to note that you will never see him running out of bounds or sliding early to avoid a hit in any of the highlights shown here. What you also won't see is the clip of him punishing some safety on a down field blocking assignment and drawing a penalty flag on the guy who took a swing at him because Taylor was kicking his ass so badly. What you will see is him lowering his head into a crowd of tacklers and getting whatever extra yards in can manage. Physicality and aggression.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6vbejVzp8Y

I like the Jennings pick and I think it's great that he is bigger than guys like Samuel and Aiyuk who are also both noted for their run after the catch abilities. It is, as I said, a trait that Shanahan seems to like in his receivers, not an exception to the rule.

Is there a concern on the 53 that Hurd, Taylor and/or Jennings won't be able to make the 53? If so, I did a 53 and they fit rather easily. Kyle has clearly added an F combo Z position.

I think we could keep 7 WRs with 3 TEs, with Hurd being a WR/TE hybrid.

I have it like this.

Deebo, Bourne, Aiyuk, Taylor, Hurd, Pettis, Jennings
Kittle, Dwelley, Woerner

I can still see the team adding a better #2 TE either via trade or FA, but I like Dwelley, he played well when Kittle was hurt.

I don't really have a opinion on Jennings at the moment. Just looking at some of the clips available on him my first reaction was that he looks pretty slow, which I guess is the main rap against him. He runs hard once he gets it in his hands though and looks like he will make some of those contested catches which would be a plus as a Red Zone target. Came across this video with John Middlekauff whose name I see in articles on the newsfeed from time to time and he and his pal in the video apparently aren't impressed with Jennings at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w67CXL0h24

Originally posted by 49ers81:
I don't really have a opinion on Jennings at the moment. Just looking at some of the clips available on him my first reaction was that he looks pretty slow, which I guess is the main rap against him. He runs hard once he gets it in his hands though and looks like he will make some of those contested catches which would be a plus as a Red Zone target. Came across this video with John Middlekauff whose name I see in articles on the newsfeed from time to time and he and his pal in the video apparently aren't impressed with Jennings at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w67CXL0h24

Middlekauff doesn't get excited about any players past round 3. He openly says he doesn't give a s**t about who was drafted in day 3 lol.

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by 49ers81:

Sorry but I am not missing the point. His original argument was that the addition of Jennings added "physicality and aggression" to a WR crops that generally "lacked" those traits. My response was to list all of the receivers that we have on the roster who have already demonstrated those exact qualities, which seems to be a trait that Shanahan specifically looks for in his receivers. The fact that Taylor wasn't available to play last year doesn't alter the fact that when he is healthy he plays with physicality and aggression. It's an apples and oranges argument. The two aren't related in any way. I don't know how Taylor injured his back initially but the foot injury happened in training camp and then was complicated by a whole series of infections which kept him out the entire year. Just bad luck on his part. Up until then it had been frequently reported that he was having the best camp of any receiver on the roster.

Since he hasn't played for awhile I am including this clip of highlights as a reminder of what he brings to the team when he is healthy. I would like to note that you will never see him running out of bounds or sliding early to avoid a hit in any of the highlights shown here. What you also won't see is the clip of him punishing some safety on a down field blocking assignment and drawing a penalty flag on the guy who took a swing at him because Taylor was kicking his ass so badly. What you will see is him lowering his head into a crowd of tacklers and getting whatever extra yards in can manage. Physicality and aggression.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6vbejVzp8Y

I like the Jennings pick and I think it's great that he is bigger than guys like Samuel and Aiyuk who are also both noted for their run after the catch abilities. It is, as I said, a trait that Shanahan seems to like in his receivers, not an exception to the rule.

Is there a concern on the 53 that Hurd, Taylor and/or Jennings won't be able to make the 53? If so, I did a 53 and they fit rather easily. Kyle has clearly added an F combo Z position.

I think we could keep 7 WRs with 3 TEs, with Hurd being a WR/TE hybrid.

I have it like this.

Deebo, Bourne, Aiyuk, Taylor, Hurd, Pettis, Jennings
Kittle, Dwelley, Woerner

I can still see the team adding a better #2 TE either via trade or FA, but I like Dwelley, he played well when Kittle was hurt.

Originally posted by NinerGM:

I know it's wrong, but can't they just save a spot for him now? By far my favorite drafted player in 2020. It's like Ronnie Lott decided to play WR.

I have this for now:

TE: George Kittle; Ross Dwelley & Charlie Woerner
F/Z: Jalen Hurd; Jauan Jennings
XWR: Brandon Aiyuk; Travis Benjamin
SWR: Kendrick Bourne; Trent Taylor
ZWR: Deebo Samuel

Originally posted by NinerGM:

Interesting.

I also agree with AB that they'll most likely bring in a vet TE to compete, a camp guy.

Yeah, Kyle was looking pretty hard at Hooper and others to upgrade over Dwelley.

Originally posted by NCommand:
I have this for now:

TE: George Kittle; Ross Dwelley & Charlie Woerner
F/Z: Jalen Hurd; Jauan Jennings
XWR: Brandon Aiyuk; Travis Benjamin
SWR: Kendrick Bourne; Trent Taylor
ZWR: Deebo Samuel

That's a nice list, NC - very realistic.

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by NCommand:

I have this for now:

TE: George Kittle; Ross Dwelley & Charlie Woerner
F/Z: Jalen Hurd; Jauan Jennings
XWR: Brandon Aiyuk; Travis Benjamin
SWR: Kendrick Bourne; Trent Taylor
ZWR: Deebo Samuel

That's a nice list, NC - very realistic.

No Shawn poindexter?! Get outta here

Marques Colston 2.0?

Originally posted by HawkBearPig:

Marques Colston 2.0?

Colston ran fairly decent (4.54) at the combine. Wouldn't consider them similar players really.

Absolutely no logic in keeping a 7th WR. You aren't going to dress 6 WRs. So we keep Travis Benjamin to be inactive? That would be a waste of a roster spot.

10 OL would make more sense. Skule and Mckivitz not dressing at least is understandable.