Yeah, I agree with Jack. I targeted Wallace last year based on his ADP being so low. He actually was pretty serviceable based on where I drafted him due to the TDs. I watched a few games (not as many as Jack) and every game I saw at least 1 or 2 balls where Wallace was wide open and the pass was way off the mark. The announcers mentioned a few times that Tannehill wasn't known/good at the long ball. I think Wallace finished around WR20ish in PPR and if Tannehill could throw a BB type of long ball (Bridgewater so far looks a lot better at that), he was easily a top WR2 last year.While it is true "things can go either way," in this case Wallace has proven in the past he can connect with a QB (Big Ben) on deep balls. Tannehill has yet to prove the same with any WR and was 28th in ypa last year. Benefit of the doubt goes to Wallace.How do you know it wasn't the other way around? Maybe Tanny put the ball where it was supposed to be and Wallace didn't run the route exactly as he should.That's what she said.Ministry of Pain said:20 inches is more than 18 for goodness sakeI don't know why I bother. He's clearly either a staggering idiot or on a long fishing trip. I just can't help myself. I'm surprised he's not in the MOP pizza thread still yelling about how two 10" pizzas is more than one 18".Even his teammates called him to the floor on it.
But seriously, one 18-inch pizza is considerably more pizza than two 10-inch pizzas.
As for Wallace, I owned him last year and had The Ticket, so I saw most of his snaps.
Based on my observations, I can tell you two things:
One, he improved as a route runner and did a lot more than run go routes. And he became a legitimate red zone weapon.
Two, when they did send him deep, Tanny rarely hit him. Tanny cost him at least four long TDs last year, if not more. Hit, say, just three of those and his PPR average goes up a couple points.
He has his flaws, yes, but he is a quality WR and I would happily select him at his current ADP or later as my 3rd or 4th WR.
These things can go either way. It is obvious when a guy breaks out and the QB throws in or whatnot but we don't know how many times a QB/WR practice a play during the week and then the QB knows "on this play, I drop 3, I toss it just like this and there's my guy 37 yards down field" but then when the game comes around, the WR didn't run fast enough or ran too fast or whatever and didn't run that same route practiced.
I don't know which is likely to be more correct but it seems like there is a LOT of smoke that has followed Wallace everywhere he has been in terms of route running in general.
I like Johnson as well and honestly, if they are both going around the 8th, might not be a bad strategy to pick up both as your WR3/4. You might end up playing both some weeks and you likely get a WR2 out of one of the 2. Rudolph is no threat. Last year he seemed to do little with Bridgewater (9 games, 24 receptions). Wallace and Johnson could both be solid and I for one won't shy away from Wallace again.