Anyone downgrading Fitz and Boldin? (1 Viewer)

[nygiants56]

Remember when many were concerned that defensive-minded Tony Dungy would "Dungify" the Colts offense? We saw how that turned out (or didn't turn out).There's certainly a chance that the defense improves under Whisenhunt and diminishes the need to chuck the ball left and right. But for the most part, one has to think he'll use his best options, which are two top-notch WRs.

I was concerned about Steven Jackson last season,with Linehan as HC.. Linehan has a reputation of being a RBBC guy, so I thought that was going to doom Sjax.it didn't.no RBBC in St Louis. So, yes, coaches change to suit the team's personnel.I wouldn't worry one bit about Boldin or Fitz. Both are LOCKS to be top 20 WRs , and one will most likely be a top 10 WR.this team will trail in many if not most games, and will need to thrown,often.

 

[switz]

I understand and agree with you that Boldin does not get enough credit out of the 2 of them, but someone always brings up the rookie season numbers and neglect to mention he was primarily in the slot. Look at his numbers in and out of the slot position and you will see the difference. The new coaches plan on putting him back in the slot this year to maximize his massive potential there.

Boldin may have had the better start but better starts don't give you a pass to the HOF. The reason people jump into Fitz's corner so frequently is because the guy is someone that does not come along very often. There have been players you can put next to Boldin and compare him to, but Fitz is a somewhat of a freak of nature with his skills, size and unbeliveable hands at a young age. Compared to that it's easy to get overlooked sometimes. In the same manner Carl Banks and Harry Carson was overlooked playing next to LT on the old Giants teams this may be a similar thing.

Funny thing is his YPR has been better OUT of the slot than his rookie season in the slot.Second point I totally disagree with... who do you compare Boldin to? Terrell Owen? That's about it.

Fits reminds me of a few guys... mostly Andre Rison.

Anyway, I digress.. I didn't site Boldin's rookie stats to show he was better, and actually if you ignore his rookie year for your reasonsw, and ignore his second year for the injury, you average out his third and fourth year and he has still outperformed Fitz in YPR and yards which was the initial argument.

 

[Jason Wood]

Remember when many were concerned that defensive-minded Tony Dungy would "Dungify" the Colts offense? We saw how that turned out (or didn't turn out).There's certainly a chance that the defense improves under Whisenhunt and diminishes the need to chuck the ball left and right. But for the most part, one has to think he'll use his best options, which are two top-notch WRs.

Well, that's a pretty bad comparison to make for two reasons:1) Dungy is a defensive coach, Whisenhunt is an offensive coach2) Dungy kept the offensive system AND coordinator in place, Whisenhunt is implementing a new system and is calling plays himselfWhen you also remember that Tom Moore was Dungy's college coach, you can see what a unique situation that is/was.All that being said, I DO believe that good/great coaches adapt to their personnel.An analogy that works more in your favor would be when Brian Billick left the Vikings for the Ravens. He won a Super Bowl with a conservative, ball control, power-running offense and eschewed (by necessity) his complex, passing attack that got him hired in the first place.Overall the answer is WE DON'T KNOW. We can, however, say with great confidence the Whisenhunt intends to run a lot more than the Cardinals have in recent years. As a result, there will be fewer passing targets.

 

[ShadowMaster]

wisenhunt will throw a lot more than the steelers did when he was there. cowher controlled wisenhunt, cowher was all about power game, wisenhunt will throw all day if he can, and I think the cards TE might be a nice sleeper pick this year. I'd keep Fitz and AB in the same spots as last year, top 10 WRs, both of them. Leinart might have a super season if he limits INTS

Yudkin already corrected you - I think your mixing up Wisenhunt and Mike MularkeyMularkey was the idiot who ran all that 5 WR cap when they had Slash. We all saw how his HC stint with Buffalo went and his great year as Miami OC following that.