Is A Taller Receiver A NEED For The Lions WR Room?
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00:00Is it obnoxious to cash receipts in our society now, is that just an obnoxious thing to do?
00:06I'm intrigued to hear what this is.
00:09We will send, since you've sent licenses, sure, let's cash a receipt.
00:13I'm a pretty frequent caller, and I've called, I want to say, four times maybe this off-season
00:18and said, we've got to get a big-bodied receiver out there.
00:22It's critical.
00:23We need it.
00:24And I feel like you guys haven't really grasped onto that, really, and gone with me on that
00:27thought.
00:28I don't think we've endorsed it enough.
00:30I'd like a tall receiver, but they don't have to have them.
00:34I think it's critical.
00:35And when I hear the comment he just made, I think Ben Johnson agrees.
00:38I mean, he's throwing lengthy in there as one of the top adjectives, right?
00:42I said it for picky.
00:44You did say that.
00:46And look, I'm a high school football player, so I'm not trying to be a guru or anything,
00:49but I just want to tell you that I think that Jamel's going to run the top off the defense.
00:54Armand Raz is going to take doubles, right?
00:56You need a big guy to post up and catch a first down one-on-one.
01:01Okay, so last year, they made it to the NFC Championship game, lead in halftime of that
01:07game by 17 points, and they didn't have a receiver that was taller than six foot two.
01:12They had Josh Reynolds.
01:13He was six-four.
01:14I guess technically, you're going to throw to Josh Reynolds if he was six-four, sure.
01:22And he dropped two passes that were right there.
01:26That's true, Gator, but I would argue, very respectfully, because I really like you guys,
01:31so don't get me wrong here, all right?
01:32Wait, this isn't going to break up our relationship, is it, that we're not endorsing?
01:37Sean, we're not endorsing your theory enough, and you're going to say that?
01:41No, I'm cashing receipts.
01:43It's obnoxious.
01:44I want to be very careful as I do it.
01:45But I just want you to know that I don't think they get as far as they get without Josh Reynolds.
01:51He was highly...
01:52Okay, so let me ask you this.
01:54He was...
01:55Actually, just to be fair, he was listed at six-foot-three, but we're quibbling over an
01:58inch.
01:59Oh, I've seen him listed at six-four, so okay.
02:01Whatever.
02:02Whatever.
02:03He's bigger than anybody they got right now.
02:04Yeah, he's taller than anybody.
02:05I can do this analysis myself, but I'd rather just say it to you guys and have somebody
02:09there do it, but show me a team where the second receiver on the team, or even third,
02:16has caught 30-some first downs in a season, okay?
02:19And tell me which team that is that's comparable.
02:21I'd bet you it's a team that is highly successful.
02:23And you're talking about that because Josh Reynolds did it.
02:27Correct.
02:28And I'm just saying he did it for a reason, because he had one-on-one coverage, right?
02:34Okay, so the top two receivers, the top two players that caught first downs last year
02:39were St. Brown and Laporta for the Lions, right?
02:42And Reynolds came in last year at third at 32.
02:44Laporta's a tight end.
02:45Right.
02:46Okay, fair enough.
02:47But you're saying, and Josh Reynolds at two, do you think that Jamison Williams is going
02:49to catch more than 14 first downs this year?
02:52Oh, don't hem and haw on that.
02:55I don't know.
02:56Come on.
02:57I don't know.
02:58Don't hem, don't do that.
02:59I don't know.
03:00There's not clear evidence.
03:01Let's say that's true.
03:02You're not expecting Jamison Williams to have a breakout season this year?
03:05I think he'll catch 14 first downs in a different way than Josh Reynolds did, and that we need
03:10that role in the offense, Gator.
03:12That's all I'm saying.
03:13You can't just...
03:14I don't think you need it.
03:15I don't think...
03:16And again, the guy, he's an inch taller than anybody else on the team.
03:18I don't think that's...
03:19I mean, if you had said somebody who's like 6'5", 6'6", gotta have it.
03:23It's about what?
03:24The fact he was 190 pounds?
03:26Hey, man, my man's got his theory, and I have to respect his commitment to it.
03:32I like having a tall receiver.
03:33Don't get me wrong.
03:34I really do.
03:35But they're not necessary.
03:36Like I said, you know what matters?
03:38Is getting open, getting the step, catching a football.
03:42No, it's...
03:43That stuff matters.
03:44But I think his point is, Gator, and I agree with you as in I prefer a tall receiver, but
03:47you don't need one.
03:49I think the point lost in this is, you gotta have a receiver that can make contested catches.
03:54So that's why I back off where you're getting open.
03:56Because there's times when you can't get open, and you still have to make the catch.
03:59That's what Josh Reynolds did good.
04:00He was not a burner, but he was taller, so he was able to make those contested catches.
04:04As long as my third or fourth receiver can make contested catches, I don't care if they're
04:086'1", or 6'4".
04:09And I think if you're being picky, which I think the caller was, yeah, sure, you want
04:12a taller guy.
04:13But if that guy can make contested catches, end of story.