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Nov 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM

#391

DRCHOWDER
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I felt like all training camp all I heard was this guy and Robinson just tearing it up lol.....or was it cowing lol..

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Nov 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM

#392

genus49
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Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:
I felt like all training camp all I heard was this guy and Robinson just tearing it up lol.....or was it cowing lol..

It was Robinson and Watkins. Cowing by all accounts had the most impressive minicamp...then f'd up his hammy first day of training camp so we didn't get any reports on him.

Would love to see him out there instead of Bourne honestly but Kyle and rookie WRs don't mix unless we have nobody else

Nov 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM

#393

DRCHOWDER
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Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:
I felt like all training camp all I heard was this guy and Robinson just tearing it up lol.....or was it cowing lol..

It was Robinson and Watkins. Cowing by all accounts had the most impressive minicamp...then f'd up his hammy first day of training camp so we didn't get any reports on him.

Would love to see him out there instead of Bourne honestly but Kyle and rookie WRs don't mix unless we have nobody else

I feel like when we trot out Bourne and Jennings at the same time we lack speed at the WR position. Like just have one of them out there, not both and give the speedier guys a chance lol..

Nov 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM

#394

genus49
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Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:
I felt like all training camp all I heard was this guy and Robinson just tearing it up lol.....or was it cowing lol..

It was Robinson and Watkins. Cowing by all accounts had the most impressive minicamp...then f'd up his hammy first day of training camp so we didn't get any reports on him.

Would love to see him out there instead of Bourne honestly but Kyle and rookie WRs don't mix unless we have nobody else

I feel like when we trot out Bourne and Jennings at the same time we lack speed at the WR position. Like just have one of them out there, not both and give the speedier guys a chance lol..

I agree, just need Kyle to get on board. I feel like after the drops Bourne had in the Jags game Brock isn't exactly looking for him much either. I'd think he'd more likely to go to Watkins.

Nov 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM

#395

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Unfortunately, the reality is that not every player drafted becomes an established, productive NFL player. Watkins still has potential, but we also need to consider that he's just not better than the guys suited up currently.

Nov 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM

#396

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Originally posted by bzborow1:
Unfortunately, the reality is that not every player drafted becomes an established, productive NFL player. Watkins still has potential, but we also need to consider that he's just not better than the guys suited up currently.

Sure would be nice if we could use his speed on the field with Ricky Pearsall to open things up even more

Nov 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM

#397

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Originally posted by bzborow1:
Unfortunately, the reality is that not every player drafted becomes an established, productive NFL player. Watkins still has potential, but we also need to consider that he's just not better than the guys suited up currently.

Or we just consider that shanahan is keeping him off the field due to well known veteran bias. Which seems to apply to all rookies except stout for some reason.

Nov 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM

#398

Afrikan
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Originally posted by bzborow1:
Unfortunately, the reality is that not every player drafted becomes an established, productive NFL player. Watkins still has potential, but we also need to consider that he's just not better than the guys suited up currently.

also not every WR needs to be the perfect all around WR. When we first got him, I just wanted Kyle to finally have someone he trusts AND STICKS WITH...that can keep playoff defenses from just playing the short to intermediate part of the field... man to man.

[ Edited by Afrikan on Nov 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM ]

Nov 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM

#399

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Originally posted by Afrikan:

Originally posted by bzborow1:
Unfortunately, the reality is that not every player drafted becomes an established, productive NFL player. Watkins still has potential, but we also need to consider that he's just not better than the guys suited up currently.

also not every WR needs to be the perfect all around WR. When we first got him, I just wanted Kyle to finally have someone he trusts AND STICKS WITH...that can keep playoff defenses from just playing the short to intermediate part of the field... man to man.

If he has no other choice, they don't have to be. To a degree, I get the method to his madness and it makes the Aiyuk situation sadder because that was a guy that did almost everything. Can get intermediate and deep passes, great route runner, and great blocker. Now they have to develop another 1 or 2. We will get there again but its sad that WR now may be an option in the first three rounds.

Nov 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM

#400

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Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by Afrikan:

Originally posted by bzborow1:
Unfortunately, the reality is that not every player drafted becomes an established, productive NFL player. Watkins still has potential, but we also need to consider that he's just not better than the guys suited up currently.

also not every WR needs to be the perfect all around WR. When we first got him, I just wanted Kyle to finally have someone he trusts AND STICKS WITH...that can keep playoff defenses from just playing the short to intermediate part of the field... man to man.

If he has no other choice, they don't have to be. To a degree, I get the method to his madness and it makes the Aiyuk situation sadder because that was a guy that did almost everything. Can get intermediate and deep passes, great route runner, and great blocker. Now they have to develop another 1 or 2. We will get there again but its sad that WR now may be an option in the first three rounds.

Yup, especially with all the needs we have on defense and o line. WR need throws up another roadblock to getting meaningful o line help. The list keeps getting longer instead of shorter and as it does so does our wait for another chance at a ring.

Jan 2, 2026 at 6:04 PM

#401

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Originally posted by NoFunLeague:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by Afrikan:

Originally posted by bzborow1:
Unfortunately, the reality is that not every player drafted becomes an established, productive NFL player. Watkins still has potential, but we also need to consider that he's just not better than the guys suited up currently.

also not every WR needs to be the perfect all around WR. When we first got him, I just wanted Kyle to finally have someone he trusts AND STICKS WITH...that can keep playoff defenses from just playing the short to intermediate part of the field... man to man.

If he has no other choice, they don't have to be. To a degree, I get the method to his madness and it makes the Aiyuk situation sadder because that was a guy that did almost everything. Can get intermediate and deep passes, great route runner, and great blocker. Now they have to develop another 1 or 2. We will get there again but its sad that WR now may be an option in the first three rounds.
Yup, especially with all the needs we have on defense and o line. WR need throws up another roadblock to getting meaningful o line help. The list keeps getting longer instead of shorter and as it does so does our wait for another chance at a ring.

It's such a small window and it's why you have to stack good drafts so you can get several young players, playing together for 2-3 years. Hopefully Watkins and Cowing alike can make their mark next season.

Jan 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM

#402

Afrikan
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Hope Kyle is saving him as a surprise for the playoffs lol.

But hey, during our last playoff/Super Bowl run, we kept Danny Gray off the roster. We sure could have used him in that..... eh let me stop there, but since Kyle didn't want a legit speedster for the playoffs last time... I'm going to presume the same is gonna happen to Watkins, and he won't be part of the playoffs roster.

Jan 3, 2026 at 2:05 PM

#403

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Originally posted by Afrikan:
Hope Kyle is saving him as a surprise for the playoffs lol.

But hey, during our last playoff/Super Bowl run, we kept Danny Gray off the roster. We sure could have used him in that..... eh let me stop there, but since Kyle didn't want a legit speedster for the playoffs last time... I'm going to presume the same is gonna happen to Watkins, and he won't be part of the playoffs roster.

Sounds nice but if we're trusting a rookie to breakout in the playoffs who hasn't played all year were screwed

Jan 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM

#404

JaggedJ
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Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:
I felt like all training camp all I heard was this guy and Robinson just tearing it up lol.....or was it cowing lol..

TBF for the most part they were the only two available to talk about.

Cowing/Aiyuk were injured, Pearsall was in and out because of injury. Jennings was somewhere between injured and pouty sad face. Bourne and Moore weren't even on the team.

Jan 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM

#405

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Originally posted by Afrikan:
Hope Kyle is saving him as a surprise for the playoffs lol.

But hey, during our last playoff/Super Bowl run, we kept Danny Gray off the roster. We sure could have used him in that..... eh let me stop there, but since Kyle didn't want a legit speedster for the playoffs last time... I'm going to presume the same is gonna happen to Watkins, and he won't be part of the playoffs roster.

Did Philly use him in their Super Bowl run? I don't recall seeing him. We could not have used him and its evident no other staff sees fit to use him either.