Originally posted by TheGoldStandard:Originally posted by Joecool:Originally posted by TheGoldStandard:Originally posted by Joecool:Originally posted by Youngb:Originally posted by wysiwyg:You don't trade Delanie.
If we draft Fleener at #30, it is because we got a good WR (Meachem, Garcon, etc) as FA and somebody jaw dropping isn't there.
VD came on at the end of the year and was THE monster in the playoffs. By his own admission, he didn't really get the offense until the end.
Walker was so clutch all year, as a "wham" blocker, special teams demon, and TE. That catch against DET was epic.
Fleener knows the offense. To draft him would take what the Pats did (Aaron / Gronk) and take it up a notch. Each brings something different. Fleener would be the big (6'6") redzone target. Vernon with his jump seam route.
Dare I say it but we'd be the first team to have a Slot TE (D-Love) instead of a Slot Wr. Since Delanie was a WR, it is not too much of a stretch.
I say do it.
That is what I've been thinking ever since Harbaugh joined. I know he was big into TEs and ours are extremely talented. Go 3 TE, all capable receivers, with Gore in the backfield. What are we gonna do? The D either goes big and gets burnt by the TEs or stay base and get steamrolled. The possibilities are endless. I'm excited for next year.
Its not that easy. Defense would double Vernon, cover Fleener with a Safety which leaves Delanie matched up with a CB and the defense can stay in base.
Delanie has never had even an aberage year and i dont think he can beat NFL DBs or he would have been drafted as a WR. All he really can do is that short slant acros the field and an occasional FB wheel type of route. I was really high on Delanie in he past but dude is not tall enough to catch jump balls over backers and DB and hes not fast enough to birn DBs. His routes and success highly depend on Vernon or another player clearing out, which isnt very difficult to replace at all.
Then you run the ball.
But in your scenario the wideout on the field is being single covered, Vernon is being doubled with a LB and a Safety over top, Fleener is covered by a Strong Safety a matchup we want, Delainie is bigger than any corner, and if you put Hunter on the field he is being covered by whom?
There are mis-matches everywhere and that's without accounting for the fact that we could just run the ball.
Yes but let us not forget the most important ingredient...a QB with the balls to throw an accurate jump ball.
Alex threw jumpballs to Braylon but Bray could not convert. Who else should he have been throwing jump balls to? We had short receivers.
You don't need to be 6'4 to be able to catch jump balls. That's a luxury. Tree is 6'1 with long arms and fights for the catch. He did it in college so why wouldn't he be able to catch over DBs now? Rice was only 6'2" and he was able to catch over DBs. Recevera around the entire league do this, even Floyd. Alex just won't throw those types of passes and he has never shown he could, even in college. Not saying he can't, just saying he isn't mentally wired for jump balls. His have been flat throws or so far off that it makes it impossible for the receiver to get underneath and set for a jump.