Originally posted by fister30:
I agree that jacobs won't make the cut. This is more of a hope than what I expect. To me, baldwin is a guy who is going to disappear during games or fall down the depth chart in just a few games. He doesn't look explosive, he hasn't gotten much separation, so forth. Hopefully he proves me wrong, I would enjoy for him to prove me wrong. I just don't think he will. With Jacobs, he is an undrafted guy. He knows he always has one foot out of the NFL. He has no choice but to try to out work his competition. Jacobs is having a nice preseason. Baldwin is a SEC WR who's game isn't going to translate to the NFL. At best I see baldwin as a guy who can block well and make some of the short catches while covered. This doesn't get me excited. At some point, we will have two better versions of baldwin available in crabs and boldin. Might as well get a guy who can get separation or actually run away from somebody after the catch, whether this be jacobs, collie or whoever.
I am grateful for patton. Patton seems like the real deal.
#1. Virtually every player always has one foot out of the NFL.
#2. Baldwin played at Pitt. He did not play in the SEC. He accomplished far more there against better competition than Chuck Jacobs did at Utah State.
#3. Baldwin is not a short to intermediate guy. He averaged 16.3 yards per catch last year. Watch some of his highlights from Pitt and you will get an idea of his deep ball ability.