Originally posted by Mr.Mcgibblets:I don't know about this, man. Boldin's been a God-send to SF, but he can't catch what is not thrown to him. Boldin was impressing the heck out of everyone here in the first quarter of the season... coincidentally, he averaged about 9 targets per game. The last 6 games, he has had under 4 targets per game. Boldin is old, and won't get behind too many CBs these days... but he has a nice catch radius and strong hands to come down with anything reasonably thrown to him. He is really just an older Crabtree with a little better ability to catch in traffic, but a little less YAC ability.
... and Rio is a solid #2... not spectacular..
... and Baldwin just needed a fresh start somewhere else. Talented, but hasn't put it all together. He has been thrown to EIGHT times since being a 49er.
You just cant know what you have in some receivers until you throw the ball to them. Otherwise, it's just what allowed personnel can see during the practice weeks. Looking ahead, SF needs to spend a high draft pick on WR... no doubt about that much.
You can say that again. IMO Boldin is a #2 if he's playing outside but he's better in the slot as a possession receiver. We have him at #1. Rio is a #3 at this stage in his career. He can't beat outside coverage either. We have him outside at #2. Baldwin is terrible and shouldn't be on the field period. We have have him at #2 as well. This team really needs weapons. They really need speed.
Crabtree probably wont help much this season. Unless Roman can get creative (yeah right) and scheme these guys open. I think we're screwed. There is no speed outside and every defense knows it. Maybe Roman should actually give a 3 WR set a chance with maybe putting James out there in the slot or something. Somehow they have to figure out a way to put some speed on the field with what we have on the roster. I just don't know where its going to come from.