Hands of stone??? I hope not. Thought Chuks looked pretty darn good yesterday!
Hands of stone??? I hope not. Thought Chuks looked pretty darn good yesterday!
His lack of production is a bit shocking to me, especially given all the attention AB and Juju are getting. You'd think that Washington would be running free and making plays by now.
Yeah - he looked totally awkward diving for a ball that hit him right in the hands. All he had to do was run through it.. I shocked too, since his hands and catching the ball seemed to be his strength. Hope this is not Limas Sweed II.Originally Posted by Eich
i thought the same thing...if he just keeps running in his stride the ball is right there......that was a wide receiver playing bad...
He does "run free". The "making plays" part is the problem. Part of the issue is the is used as a deep threat but he ain't fast.
He gets open deep with a wierd burst but Ben (used to burners) overthrows him frequently. He and Ben have timing issues.
That said, as already stated, yesterday he should have just run through the throw.
I too worry about Sweed 2. The difference is that Sweed had dropsies in college too which was not Washington's rep. Nevertheless, the kid needs to get it together.
In view of the fact that Mike Tomlin has matched Cowhers record I give him the designation:
TCFCLTC-
The Coach Formerly Considered Less Than Cowher
Well, he wasn't in the game was he? Switzer was.
How does a guy who was a unanimous All-American and Biletnikoff winner in 2017 forget how to play his position? Because that's what it looks like. That dive was preposterous.
Ju Ju was on the field immediately last year and producing. If Washington was showing anything in practice he'd be getting opportunities. The 3rd WR spot was practically gift wrapped for him and he's been beaten out by an undrafted return specialist. It's not good.
Washington hasn't had a good season.
But, it's not fair to use JuJu as the benchmark.
He was phenomenal as a rookie and it's rare to get that kind of production in year 1.
For the record, Ryan Switzer was a 4th round pick, not undrafted. And he is the UNC school record holder for career receptionsand career receiving yards, so he's not just a return specialist, either.
Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.
Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.
We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.
We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.
You're right about the 4th round. And I've posted before about his career at UNC as a WR (he was first team ALL - ACC senior year as well). But in the NFL, he's been nothing but a return specialist. 6 receptions with Dallas, none with Oakland. And while I'm quite certain the Steelers were aware of his college career, he was brought in to replace Sutton (who fumbled his first punt return attempt) and Toussaint who got cut. They did not have a return guy unless they wanted to keep using Brown. No one was thinking about this return guy coming in and beating out an All -American, Biletnikoff winner and 2nd round raft choice. No one.
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