Don't take my criticism of the WR group as not feeling they can improve. There is talent there in Robinson and Miller. But the question Windy asked was which position group is most likely to flop and hold the offense back. Nagy's offense is pass focused, which is why he needs pass catching RB's. Cohen fits that mold and Davis is not a liability in that department when on the field, so I don't think it is likely they flop. The TE group IMO flopped last year and they did not hold back the offense. I can see that group improving this year, but if they don't and they flop...that won't hold the offense back again. The WR group fell short of expectations, Robinson was the big name FA (before Mack), Miller was hyped all training camp, Gabriel is nothing more than a complimentary player. Again I am hoping they improve, but if they flop...that will have an impact on the offense. Which is the point that keeps getting missed, this isn't hate on the WR group...this is just the reality of the offense.
It's funny you say that, but have more confidence in Wims and Miller. What have they done more than Davis?
AR was averaging 58 yards a game, at that rate he still wouldn't have gone over 1000 yards. I hope he does pass those numbers this season and I expect he does. But he was underwhelming this past season.
Wims is promising? 4 receptions on 5 targets for 32 yards....that was his total stats for the season including playoffs. How the hell can anyone make a determination from 1 game with 4 catches?
Miller is the one you should have said was promising, he was battling injury most of the season but flashed signs on the field that when healthy he could be pretty good. But still an injury riddled rookie year does not create a lot of confidence to say this group wouldn't flop.
As I told
@gallagher Gabriel is a compliment guy...not a player you want as your top WR, but does well with a good WR opposite him. Solid
Hall is nothing more than depth and ST
Patterson is a garbage WR, is solid returner, and will be used for the gadget plays.
Again none of this is saying that WR group is the worst in the NFL, none of this is saying there isn't promising players, none of this is saying they won't improve.
@WindyCity asked which position group is most likely to flop and hold back the offense, it's hard for me to say any other group other than WR.
Now onto RB's
I said Davis was solid, no where did i say he was anything more than that much less Special. I want to see the Bears upgrade the RB position, Davis is not the long term solution. But in a RBBC he is solid and is a better pass catcher than Howard was so he doesn't take away from the offense when he is on the field. If the Bears don't bring in a better RB this offseason, he will do fine. I don't think we will see any difference between Cohen from last year with Howard to Cohen this coming year with Davis...he'll be in the 1200 scrimmage yards range.
