He's a DND for me unfortunately, maybe last round if I have dead weight. Bummed about this landing spot.He is a 3rd round dynasty start 1qb league WR now.....at best....
You’re probably right. Either DND or the fourth.He's a DND for me unfortunately, maybe last round if I have dead weight. Bummed about this landing spot.
You mean like in 2019 when they took Marquise Brown in the 1st and Miles Boykin in the 3rd?Look, I get it. The Ravens have been 32nd in neutral passing rate two years straight. It took Marquise Brown ascending to a 34.0% target share from Weeks 12-17 before we even started seeing him crack the Top 24 consistently. But adding receivers like Bateman in the first round and Wallace later should be a signal of some change in their offense. Not a ‘2020 Josh Allen’ seismic shift, but one where Jackson is given the chance to work more in the pocket. That’s where a guy like Wallace can shine."
Pretty simple reading the article that the routes/parts of the field those two excel at are the parts of the field Baltimore sucked at. It may point to addressing a hole in the offense. It may signal nothing. I'm simply connecting the dots, it's no different when a line is bad at run-blocking they get a lineman who excelled at run-blocking in college.Hankmoody said:You mean like in 2019 when they took Marquise Brown in the 1st and Miles Boykin in the 3rd?
And if that team had just gotten done adding an identical profile lineman two years before and did nothing to change their profile then it would indeed be no different - that the drafting of X player with X profile doesn't necessarily clue anything about how the team intends to run their profile for the next two seasons. All receivers in the draft excel at what BAL passing game sucks at, because the entire passing game sucks. Ranked 32 of 32 is easy math.Pretty simple reading the article that the routes/parts of the field those two excel at are the parts of the field Baltimore sucked at. It may point to addressing a hole in the offense. It may signal nothing. I'm simply connecting the dots, it's no different when a line is bad at run-blocking they get a lineman who excelled at run-blocking in college.
I don't think Boykin was a similar profile at all; Bateman is probably the most complete receiver in terms or talent the team has had in awhile, and Wallace's tape certainly gives hope he can have more of an impact than Boykin. Hollywood has notable flaws in his game that need to be ironed out, and Boykin just can't put it together. I'm getting off-topic because I'm speaking about players other than Wallace now, but if the receiver is talented enough he changes what the offense dictates (see Justin Jefferson).And if that team had just gotten done adding an identical profile lineman two years before and did nothing to change their profile then it would indeed be no different - that the drafting of X player with X profile doesn't necessarily clue anything about how the team intends to run their profile for the next two seasons. All receivers in the draft excel at what BAL passing game sucks at, because the entire passing game sucks. Ranked 32 of 32 is easy math.
The only thing that's going to change the play calling is the play callers.
I think you're wildly overestimating a chance at a change in play calling and the increase in receiver talent. There's probably slight chance play calling changes enough this year to make Bateman and Wallace fantasy relevant. Wallace is not a burner after knee surgery and has trouble separating. Perhaps he gets his quickness back, but does that sound like the kind of guy Lamar Jackson is going to be throwing to often? A contested catch guy at 5'11" who got taken later in the draft?I don't think Boykin was a similar profile at all; Bateman is probably the most complete receiver in terms or talent the team has had in awhile, and Wallace's tape certainly gives hope he can have more of an impact than Boykin. Hollywood has notable flaws in his game that need to be ironed out, and Boykin just can't put it together. I'm getting off-topic because I'm speaking about players other than Wallace now, but if the receiver is talented enough he changes what the offense dictates (see Justin Jefferson).
Adding more talent at a position of weakness is never bad unless the talent itself is bad or the O stagnates/mismanages the talent. We saw 2 years ago this offense with a good O-line and middling WRs go Tecmo Bowl on the NFL before regressing to the mean the following year when the WRs didn't evolve and the O-line got much worse. To say the passing O will never get better is a pretty bold statement.
I don't have any dog in this fight, but am considering Wallace with a late pick in rookie draft.I think you're wildly overestimating a chance at a change in play calling and the increase in receiver talent. There's probably slight chance play calling changes enough this year to make Bateman and Wallace fantasy relevant. Wallace is not a burner after knee surgery and has trouble separating. Perhaps he gets his quickness back, but does that sound like the kind of guy Lamar Jackson is going to be throwing to often? A contested catch guy at 5'11" who got taken later in the draft?
He'll be lucky if he sees the field, really, never mind gets volume in this offense. Harbaugh at the end of last year said he was still going to run despite January losses. They've got Dobbins and Edwards and Hill still. Where do you think their offensive bread is buttered with Jackson?
Throwing outside the numbers?
No way.
And then Duvernay in the 3rd round of the 2020 draft. I'd liked him prior to the draft and was disappointed with the landing sport. Keeping half an eye open but that has gotten so crowded and the pie was never big to begin with...Hankmoody said:You mean like in 2019 when they took Marquise Brown in the 1st and Miles Boykin in the 3rd?