2020 Wide Receivers

[smuggler]

RIP Darrius Shepherd

You are the weakest link.

[Tony Oday]

We went a lot of draft Captial on MVS and ESB, we have a diamond in the rough Lazard, elite #1 in Adams, now one of these young guys needs to step up in their third year.

Also how would a rookie do with AR when they will not ha e OTAs or anything like that?

[texaspackerbacker]

RIP Darrius Shepherd

You are the weakest link.

Shepherd's competition isn't those other WRs so much as it's Tyler Irvin. To me, Irvin is nothing special, and I'd like to see Shepherd show some improvement and beat him. But then again, Shepherd even if you take away his blunders wasn't all that special either. Maybe Dequoy beats both of them out.

[run pMc]

I think Malik Taylor, Bagelman and Kumerow are Sheppard's competition. I don't see Darius making the cut.
Tyler Ervin can at least return punts and ran a 4.41 40. Sheppard didn't exactly impress last year with routes or punts, runs a 4.6, and I think his upside is very limited. Ervin's better now and I expect still will be in Week 13.

[GB-Brandon]

This receiver room overall is pathetic.

[Upnorth]

It has Adams so pathetic is a bit of an over statement. Remove all teams #1 wr and we are definitely bottom 5 imo.

[pbmax]

If they cut Swervin' Ervin for Shepard its going to get ugly again on ST.

[Carolina_Packer]

Random thought: What if the problem with the WRs was Alvis Whitted?

I'm wondering if Gute is going to pick thru the veteran cuts that are going to happen with all these WRs getting drafted, or if he's going to poach WRs off teams' practice squads.

Especially if any WR from an offense that matches LaFleur's or a similar system gets cut and can still play.

I was talking to my son about his desire for the Packers to draft a receiver high in the draft. I'm not saying I'm right, I'm just throwing it out there that Aaron is not like Brett in that if you gave Brett a weapon, he seemed more open to trying to utilize it, and it didn't seem to need this breaking in period that we've seen with Rodgers seeming to need with other receivers. The point is, even if you draft a receiver early, there is no guarantee that Rodgers will develop chemistry with him right away, enough to make a difference, or possibly even at all. The advantage with Rodgers always seems to go to the established players. Yes, I wish they had actually drafted a receiver, but if it's between a guy who might not be able to make the roster, or a guy who can help the depth on the O or D line, I think the front office was clearly more in favor of the latter.

[beveaux1]

Especially if any WR from an offense that matches LaFleur's or a similar system gets cut and can still play.

I was talking to my son about his desire for the Packers to draft a receiver high in the draft. I'm not saying I'm right, I'm just throwing it out there that Aaron is not like Brett in that if you gave Brett a weapon, he seemed more open to trying to utilize it, and it didn't seem to need this breaking in period that we've seen with Rodgers seeming to need with other receivers. The point is, even if you draft a receiver early, there is no guarantee that Rodgers will develop chemistry with him right away, enough to make a difference, or possibly even at all. The advantage with Rodgers always seems to go to the established players. Yes, I wish they had actually drafted a receiver, but if it's between a guy who might not be able to make the roster, or a guy who can help the depth on the O or D line, I think the front office was clearly more in favor of the latter.

I certainly don't think they purposely didn't draft a WR because Rodgers seems to prefer more seasoned WRs over unproven ones. What I do believe is that after the first couple of rounds, the WRs on the board would have needed more practice and polish to provide much help to this team in the near term. The WRs on the roster, although an admittedly pedestrian group, have worked with Rodgers for some time, and would be ahead of the curve. This is especially true if we have limited training camp.

I believe our best bet for improving this position is to pick up a veteran cut and hope for some improvement from the 3rd year veterans.

Remember how much they used Ryan Grant after acquiring him. That should tell you the relative strength of the WRs on the roster and tell you how good that veteran has to be to see playing time.

[Packers4Glory]

54% of our snaps last year went to undrafted receivers

[Bretsky]

It has Adams so pathetic is a bit of an over statement. Remove all teams #1 wr and we are definitely bottom 5 imo.

You Kidding ? Stop being nice .


Remove the #1's we are last

[wist43]

I could see Begelton win the slot job... he's a pretty good player. A little hard to evaluate though, because of the level of competition.

[GB-Brandon]

I could see Begelton win the slot job... he's a pretty good player. A little hard to evaluate though, because of the level of competition.

Yep, level of competition and playing on some huge ass field which allows him to overcome being SLOW.

I will be targeting him at camp(if there is a camp) to see if he can get separation. It’s a huge question mark. I wouldn’t be cashing any checks on it.

[texaspackerbacker]

Did he return kicks in Canada?

[GB-Brandon]

Did he return kicks in Canada?

Not that I am aware of.