Edwards has to show he can stay healthy before anyone starts making predictions on production
I don’t think the problem was the lack of targets for Ruggs, it was his play on the field.
His routes were just not NFL level.
Mayock mentioned, you can have all the speed in the world, but it means nothing if you don’t show that speed in routes.
On the flip side, Mayock mentioned no OTA’s compounded by injuries and getting COVID.
Gruden and other players like Renfrow mentioned he was a great decoy. Opened up the field for other players.
But this year he needs to be a weapon with the ball in his hand.
Carr even brought it up, but also acknowledged tough with such a short offseason.
Ruggs posted on Twitter he was disappointed in his own performance and said how important this offseason is.
Like someone else said, I don’t think he’ll be a true #1 WR at the level of Ceedee or Jefferson is headed.
But that doesn’t mean he can become a serious valuable weapon for the Raiders (and not just the decoy kind)
You design plays for players that CANNOT get open. Do you think Gruden says ok guys all three of these routes are going to covered but we are going to design play for Midget. That isn't how it works. It's the players responsibility that he gets open, if he can't he needs to be replaced. Designing plays for a player means is code for the player fucking sucks and he can't get open, he can't catch and he shouldn't be on the field. It also means that the player in question should never be drafted in the first round. But we will design a play for him because he's worthless in every aspect of the game so we don't look terrible in evaluating someone who isn't a football player.
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Tyreek Hill and Kelce have quite a few plays designed to get them open. Because they are terrible players. Great logic there.
I hope Ruggs balls out this season, has the one thing you can't teach, just needs better technique in route running. I like his attitude though, he seems like he wants to get better and be a difference maker, that's half the battle. Just needs to practice, practice, practice.
I noticed he was terrible even in mid traffic (defender close). Can't win a jump ball etc.
Can't win a jump ball? He actually had a couple-few jump balls that despite his height, he made. There was 2 vs the Chiefs just off the top of my head. His issue isn't his hands either. His issue is his route running. That is his knock... that and he needed to work on getting both feet down inbounds, as he had a few of those that were great catches but only got 1 foot down so those plays were negated