wow, that has been a small fear eating at the back of my mind. when i first heard about the trade, I read where a lot og us were comparing it to the Barron trade or something great. But the specter of Jake Long just seemed more to fit (greatness typically isn't available for cheap).Not sure Watkins is actually the player we hoped he'd be. I'd love to see it but Woods just gets out there and gets into position to make plays. It seems to me that Watkins is just relying on skill rather than showing it.
Sherman Shadowed watkins the majority of the game.Aj bouye is as good if not better than Ramsey. And I didn't get to watch whole Seattle game but Sherman tends to stay to one side so assuming that was the case woods and Watkins went vs both cbs. Flawed arguement at best
Stupid question, but why couldn't McVay switch Woods out with watkins and have him running the same plays? It looks like every game Woods has 5-6 targets easy where he is open 10-15 yards downfield. Do you think Watkins is struggling with playbook? Or maybe his skill set maybe fits exclusively to an outside guy?
Woods reminds me a bit of a very poor mans Isaac Bruce. He's a fine player, glad he is a Ram for sure.
I would have to look at it again but I only remember them talking about Sherman being on Woods during the shecocks game so... I think that theory doesn't necessarily hold water. I think it is more dependent on who lines up where or how the defense is playing against our formations.To be fair, Woods is covered by the #2 CB while Watkins is matched up against the #1 CB; a lot of his production attributes to that. I don't think he would be as effective if covered by the likes of Sherman and Ramsey the last two weeks.
Overall, I do like the production he's given in the intermediate routes. Hope Watkins eventually brings up another game similar to the 49ers one; he's just itching to make big plays.
Or he hasn't finished running all his routes yet.. ;/Woods is good...But Sammy Watkins is better....
We just haven't utilized him yet.
Stupid question, but why couldn't McVay switch Woods out with watkins and have him running the same plays? It looks like every game Woods has 5-6 targets easy where he is open 10-15 yards downfield. Do you think Watkins is struggling with playbook? Or maybe his skill set maybe fits exclusively to an outside guy?
Woods reminds me a bit of a very poor mans Isaac Bruce. He's a fine player, glad he is a Ram for sure.