Receivers without attitude

[dieterbrock]

You don’t have to have the fierce attitude to catch a 5 yard route where you sit in a hole.

Possibly, but what does that have to do with Kupp? Because that isnt describing his catches one bit

 

[HitStick]

I really don’t think we’re lacking the attitude with Higs, Kupp, and Woods. I think we need a deep threat and a dominant offensive line for this offense to work. Losing Saffold was the end of our dominance IMO. Saffold and Whit side by side let Goff to never have to worry about his blindside, and let Gurley do his thing. Look at Henry’s rushing stats before and after Saffold got there. Highly underrated

 

[RentonRamsFan]

I think Ramsey would make a great wideout actually - he has the attitude, and he can jump - he went after that ball near the end of the game with 13s left (click the url not the video to jump to the play). Even though he landed out of bounds, he caught it, and the effort there was better than anything I saw from Everett.


View: https://youtu.be/ynD1ig-4RHY?t=247

 

[blackbart]

Possibly, but what does that have to do with Kupp? Because that isnt describing his catches one bit

A good portions of the first downs he makes are that little curl route.

I’d love to see Goff get him the ball in better situations but he has to see the separation before he throws.

And Kupp isn’t fighting off a defender in the red zone for a 50/50 ball that is high in the back of the end zone.

What he is, is amazing but there is room for improvement on this team.

 

[-X-]

Worst rap group name ever.

 

[dieterbrock]

What he is, is amazing but there is room for improvement on this team.

I get the team needs improvement (IE Everett and Reynolds) but as far as "attitude" goes, his Kupp is overflowin
Just looking at his Tampa highlights, making catches with LB draped all over him, putting head down and driving thru multiple players for extra yardage and getting YAC instead of just stepping out

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxOaTQh3laM

 

[matt30]

I don't think Higbee is at his best now with his busted arm. Poor blocking and cant extend as well. Woods has always had the fire but I'm noticing a few more sloppy routes from him. Kupp has looked mostly solid (a few bad drops) but I also think he's playing injured.

Not a fan of Everett, even when he was playing relatively well. Very sloppy route running, can't catch as well as Higbee, gives up on plays, poor blocker. Serviceable but I wouldn't resign him if there are options.

 

[Kevin]

Attitude doesn’t mean anything until PFF includes it in their WR ranking process.

 

[Merlin]

The strange thing is our WR’s are great outside the red zone.

Kupp and Woody are fine across the board in all instances. After them it's the Benny Hill show soundtrack man.

Redzone just amplifies shit. If you're only 2 deep at wideout then those two guys are going to be blanketed by most defenses down there. It's the old "CB1 on WR2 and double WR1" approach. To break out of that you need more weapons. You need that third guy who can break it down vs the lesser DBs.

Jefferson might be that guy next year. If we're lucky he'll be that guy this year in the playoffs. But that issue (being two deep at wideout) on top of the way the OL has played without Whit has killed our redzone potency.

But maybe things are going to be ok. Maybe this line rebounds with Whit's return. There is nothing more important to an offense than OL chemistry. If they get back to who they were pre-Whit injury then all of a sudden we also have an emerging young back with fresh legs and if things go well we might not only improve in the redzone but actually be potent in those situations.