Cordarelle’s only 31?
Seems like he’s been around forever.
I’d be cool with bringing him in, he’s kind of a niche’ player but we need wepunz!
Watch how these highlights progress from RB to WR. There aren’t many guys who have played in the NFL that you can make Adrian Peterson/Marshawn Lynch type comparisons on one play, then come back a few plays later and make a DeAndre Hopkins or whatever comparison you want to make at WR. I would love to see Patterson in an alternate universe where he went to a team that embraced him as a player and worked around his mental limitations…instead of trying to make him be Stefan Diggs (film junkee) just to get on the field and involved outside of a handful of plays.
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I was just grabbing a video link for the same thing… with pretty much the same thought in mind.
I would pick maybe 8 to 10 plays to utilize Cordarelle in the passing game each week… and have the OC and WR coach focus to get him prepped for those plays.
Heck… 5 or 6 plays might be enough.
They don’t even have to be complicated… because he can be a threat on jet sweeps/reverses, screen passes as a RB… or a bubble screen as WR, and an occasional shot play on a go route.
He could become a distraction on jet sweep fakes… which could help open up the inside zone runs for another RB… and utilizing the similar look would allow an OC to call his limited plays more than once a game at times.
Add in a role as a RB… even if a limited play selection is required… it shouldn’t be hard to get him 5-10 carries a game with a zone scheme. Could even run him out of a wildcat look with extra O-line on the field on occasion.
If we can’t get Cordarelle… I am also intrigued by Jakeem Grant.
He’ll be a UFA as well… and crazy quick… but he doesn’t offer the RB ability like Cordarelle.
Just read somewhere that some teams, including the Patriots, Green Bay, and 3 or 4 more teams are starting to play “bully ball” as more teams are using nickel package as their base defense.
The article stated these teams are zigging while the rest of the league is zagging…
I saw this coming a few years ago as the linebackers have gotten smaller and smaller.
I think our WR position group is being underestimated by many here. We need a qb and play caller first.
I called for it before Decker got back on the field… 
Yup…maybe we can get a bigger inline TE that can block DEs alond and flex Hockenson into the slot…??
But…every game plan should be different. You do what you need to do to take advantage of your opponents weakness.
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Out WR core is being underestimated??? This couldn’t be more wrong. I don’t know if there has ever been a worse position group…on any team…ever.
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He’s another small WR that nobody knew his name before yesterday.
nobody?
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He’s the only guy that made it from that show Undrafted. I’ve been following his career ever since.
Jakeem Grant seems to be a good comp for Kentuckt WR Wandale Robinson
Wouldnt mind signing Jakeem
However…I think Kalif Raymond would be a legit threat with a good qb and an OC that knows what they’re doing.
I really hope MCDC gets an OC with some new stuff. Motion, jet sweeps, counters, misdirection, etc…
Lions are running basic steak and potatoes offense. That’s fine. But some sprinkles would be nice.
One thing is clear…we need to make the OL elite to where when teams know we are running the ball we can still run the ball. That’s how you know yoire a good team.
You are taking the “nobody knew his name” comment too literal.
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The only place Fuller is a star is the training table.
That poor guy is snakebit, no doubt about it. I was reading about his finger the other day, can’t find the article right now, but they were saying there were so many breaks that it was almost shattered. Hate to see a guy that is held hostage by their own body.
Maybe… but he is a guy… like Cordarrelle… that I have always thought was too dynamic to NOT manufacture touches on offense.
However… the Dolphins and Bears had only got him 15 TOTAL carries and 2 targets per game in his 6 seasons.
The guy has 6 TDs on kick/punt returns in his career… on only 214 attempts.
How do they NOT figure out a way to get the ball in his hands more on jet sweeps, pop passes, reverses, WR screens, etc.??
For comparison… Tyreek Hill has 92 carries in his 6 seasons… and who knows how many “receptions” on pop passes.
Maybe he’s just not a very good WR. Some of the best return men in the history of the league didn’t do much else.
Just look at his production through 6 seasons. The nobody knew his name comment makes sense.
I get it though.
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Mel Gray, Dante Hall
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I totally agree… he is definitely NOT a complete WR.
@TCLion has a few good comps… Devin Hester comes to mind as well.
However… my point is about the opportunities to get the ball into the hands of players that are dynamic.
Touches can be manufactured… and should be for players with those abilities.
Prior to 2018… Cordarrelle Patterson was only used as a WR by the Vikings and Raiders… and had only 44 total carries. Those carries went for 454 yards and 6 TDs.
Belichick used him as a RB due to injuries, and I was actually surprised it took this long for him to get an expanded role.
The Falcons have been the 1st team to get him the ball over 100 times in a season… and he has over 1000 yards plus 10 TDs. What took these teams so long to figure it out? Put the ball in his hands… and good things happen.
Grant doesn’t have the size like Cordarelle… but it is absolutely mindboggling to me that he hasn’t had the ball in his hands more often.