The Time Is Now For Reynolds

[Ram65]

My concern with Hodge is does he have the ability to create separation? During preseason, he made some sensational catches, however, usually with a CB in his hip pocket. A testament to Hodge, however, it's not always easy fitting the football into tight windows.

He got wide open on the sliding catch against the Hags. I haven't seen enough of him to say he can't get seperation. I have seen that he can make catches with tight coverage. He looks more natural catching the ball then Reynolds and getting position. He did a nice sit down in zone in preseason. Hodge may not know all the plays as well as Josh. I would like to see him get some snaps to see what he can do in a game.

 

[LARams_1963]

Can someone help out, I thought Woods moved to slot when Reynolds came in last week, am I wrong?

I've read/heard that yes, JR will be on the outside and Woods and or Cooks will slide to slot/inside.

 

[RamDino]

Meanwhile... Michael Thomas career as a Ram slowly fades away.

 

[A55VA6]

I like Reynolds and all, but I think he's average at best. Hoping he can step up and make some big plays.

 

[TSFH Fan]

When he was drafted, I saw the tweet about his super limited college route tree. I like to think he's still developing, with upside, but I'm not sure the Rams can afford to wait for him.

College:

Essentially, Reynolds’ deployment portfolio primarily contained just three routes, with 75 percent of his charted patterns being slants, curls or nines. Those were the only routes he ran at a rate above the prospect average. He did check in at the average for out route percentage and mixed in some posts and digs at a mild level, but by in large, his work was done on just those three routes.

https://www.thefantasyfootballers.c...tion-josh-reynolds-ability-beyond-assignment/

 

[den-the-coach]

That was a strange play. Can't fault Reynold's as Goff forced that throw.

Oh I can fault him, be ready!

 

[Adi]

Hard for a guy with that size to run all the routes. He can be a monster in the red zone but I dont see him being in the top 3 on a weekly basis .

 

[fearsomefour]

He needs to run better routes . Seems lackadaisical sometimes.

Sammy Watkins agrees haha

 

[thirteen28]

I seem to remember Reynolds having a very good game against the Saints last year, starting in place of Woods. He had 4 catches, one of which was a TD, and a couple more of them picked up critical first downs.

 

[shovelpass]

Meanwhile... Michael Thomas career as a Ram slowly fades away.

Can't do anything on IR.

 

[Rainram]

I remember mentioning how huge of an opportunity Blythe has with Brown being out...and he seized the hell out of it.

Reynolds has an equally big opportunity at the moment.

 

[den-the-coach]

Meanwhile... Michael Thomas career as a Ram slowly fades away.

Like an Old Soldier!

 

[OldSchool]

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/Rich_Hammond/status/1053027373405233152

 

[Merlin]

In terms of the future for Reynolds as well as the rest of these wideouts on the depth chart and PS, they have to "fit" in a few ways to stick around and factor in:

1. Hands. McVay is not going to keep a wideout around for long if the dude has iffy hands. He'll be phased out, all while Sean and Les say great things about him like we saw with Tavon. You just can't have dudes dropping passes in certain situations in this offense, as we see with Woods, Kupp, and Cooks all three being different types of wideouts physically but all three have things in common which of course are listed here.

2. Route precision. We've talked about this before but the Gruden offense when done right has wideouts running a collection of routes to exact depth challenging different DBs & parts of the field. This also translates into separation as well so it's crucial.

3. Positional flexibility/smarts. Sean loves guys who can take to his coaching of advanced concepts. Dudes who are stupid or slow to get an offense are just not going to compete well for a guy like him. We're seeing that translate right now in them bringing in a guy who's a marginal talent that has a very good grasp of the offense. In other words being in the wrong spot on a given play can result in turnovers and the kind of bad field position flips that we used to be plagued with.

In no way does Reynolds translate well to that list above as of yet. He might eventually, although it doesn't seem to me that there are very many wideouts who show huge strides at this level in the hands dept, typically if you don't have that you're going to struggle when DBs are right on you. Good thing is a lot of wideouts do show big improvement in route running and understanding concepts, so it's not like these guys can't work their way into being a good wideout.

And lastly for those who think that doubting him means we're hating on the dude, it doesn't. It just means he's got a lot to prove.

 

[jrry32]

I get the feeling that Reynolds would be more effective if Cooks were hurt and Kupp were healthy. However, I'm rooting for the kid. He definitely has talent, but he's always been more of an intermediate and deep threat.

 

[jrry32]

He got wide open on the sliding catch against the Hags. I haven't seen enough of him to say he can't get seperation. I have seen that he can make catches with tight coverage. He looks more natural catching the ball then Reynolds and getting position. He did a nice sit down in zone in preseason. Hodge may not know all the plays as well as Josh. I would like to see him get some snaps to see what he can do in a game.

Respectfully, Reynolds played three years in the SEC and posted 30 TDs largely because of his ability to gain position and make contested catches. I like aspects of Hodge's game, but he's not the player that Reynolds is imo.

 

[jrry32]

He needs to run better routes . Seems lackadaisical sometimes.

He's a long strider. That's how those guys typically look when running routes.

I made my decision about Reynolds when we signed Hodge. Reynolds has made a few big catches since then, but underline few. He’s been a Disappointment to me.

He's barely in his second season. Let's give the kid a chance. Don't be like the guys who were calling Goff a bust after his rookie season.

 

[Loyal]

He's a long strider. That's how those guys typically look when running routes.



He's barely in his second season. Let's give the kid a chance. Don't be like the guys who were calling Goff a bust after his rookie season.

C'mon man....He has had a full season of quality coaching before this season, it isn't comparable

 

[jrry32]

C'mon man....He has had a full season of quality coaching before this season, it isn't comparable

It doesn't need to be comparable. It's a point that's fresh in all of our minds. I could post 10 different WRs who hadn't shown much to this point in their careers who ended up becoming Pro Bowl caliber WRs. The kid has barely played. He's not even halfway through his second year. There's no reason to jump to conclusions. We make fun of the fools who did that on Goff. Let's take a lesson from that. Give the kid a chance.

 

[Loyal]

It doesn't need to be comparable. It's a point that's fresh in all of our minds. I could post 10 different WRs who hadn't shown much to this point in their careers who ended up becoming Pro Bowl caliber WRs. The kid has barely played. He's not even halfway through his second year. There's no reason to jump to conclusions. We make fun of the fools who did that on Goff. Let's take a lesson from that. Give the kid a chance.

But counselor, he was drafted by Fisher......For which he gets a clean slate, as did Goff.....Both started with Fisher last year...You can't say that it doesn't have to be comparable, and then compare criticism "with the fools who did that with Goff?" I want him to succeed, but I also don't want us waiting like we did with Brian Quick...Time to DO IT Reynolds, if you can!