Update: WR Tandon Doss is back

[gabefergy]

LOL at "excellent" hands.... yeah, and I am Superman too, they should sign me...

 

But anyways... If we bring in Doss, I do NOT want him to mess with Brown's progression. I want Brown out on the field. Besides Torrey, he's the only guy on our whole offense who made any kind of noise.

He does have excellent hands, but he wouldnt be brought in to be the #2 WR or anything. Mostly to return punts and be another option out of the slot instead of Stokley.

[Alexir]

I can't believe I'm saying this.

But ultimately, we don't have a returner right now, and Stokley looks slow. SLOW.

Do we bring him back? He's not great either, but with Jones out, Mellette being raw, and Stokley being slower than a tortoise, he might be the best option.

Thoughts?

Hell. No. I don't want Webb back there either though. Sucks we couldn't stash Rainey and that Deonte isn't healthy

[Alexir]

He does have excellent hands, but he wouldnt be brought in to be the #2 WR or anything. Mostly to return punts and be another option out of the slot instead of Stokley.

Guys with excellent hands don't get cut. Especially slot guys. His reputation is that he had great hands in college. He can't handle an NFL qbs armstrength

[Gordo52]

No thank you. I heard that on the fan and knew it would pop up here

[RavensPunkXVX]

 

It's amazing what kind of threads pop up after a loss.

 

This was my exact reaction as soon as I saw the thread. hahhahah

[T3hRaven]

Disagree. Webb should not be returning punts and another slot WR would help a lot considering how slow Stokley looked out there. We already have OL depth and safety depth. Remember our first round pick?

 

We can't pluck a slot WR out of thin air, the FA pool was depleted enough when we signed Stokley.  Our best hope of improvement in that department is getting Thompson back from injury, the problem of course being that he's historically had hands that could rival our TEs'.

 

But we definitely need a different returner, our expensive elite corner should never be used for something like that.  He's far to valuable to the team and the risk of injury is far too high.

[gabefergy]

Guys with excellent hands don't get cut. Especially slot guys. His reputation is that he had great hands in college. He can't handle an NFL qbs armstrength

This is non-sense. You are just making things up lol

[gabefergy]

We can't pluck a slot WR out of thin air, the FA pool was depleted enough when we signed Stokley.  Our best hope of improvement in that department is getting Thompson back from injury, the problem of course being that he's historically had hands that could rival our TEs'.

 

But we definitely need a different returner, our expensive elite corner should never be used for something like that.  He's far to valuable to the team and the risk of injury is far too high.

That's why Doss makes sense. He knows the offense, he plays the slot position, and he returns punts. Even if Deonte is healthy he isnt a PR.

[Alexir]

This is non-sense. You are just making things up lol

No, if you have excellent hands you don't get cut.

[gabefergy]

No, if you have excellent hands you don't get cut.

Well, it happened.

[Gordo52]

No, if you have excellent hands you don't get cut.

Especially on our team

[SeaHawk]

This is non-sense. You are just making things up lol

 

He has inconsistent hands man. Watch a game other than the Chargers game that he was in. Watch the Colts game for instance. Watch the preseason games. He does not have excellent hands. Someone with excellent hands never, ever drops an open pass. That label is only used for the best of receivers, such as Jerry Rice, Calvin Johnson, Marvin Harrison, Cris Carter, etc. He's inconsistent, and that does not equate to excellent. He'd be good depth, yes.

[gabefergy]

He has inconsistent hands man. Watch a game other than the Chargers game that he was in. Watch the Colts game for instance. Watch the preseason games. He does not have excellent hands. Someone with excellent hands never, ever drops an open pass. That label is only used for the best of receivers, such as Jerry Rice, Calvin Johnson, Marvin Harrison, Cris Carter, etc. He's inconsistent, and that does not equate to excellent. He'd be good depth, yes.

I haven't seen Doss drop one open pass.

[SeaHawk]

I haven't seen Doss drop one open pass.

 

You haven't?? I'm gonna let some other people argue this for me. I must be in Mars or something.

[ratedr]

Make no mistake, Doss sucks as a receiver. Sucks harder than a Hoover. But we need a backup KR/PR and he's a WR who knows the offense.

[gabefergy]

You haven't?? I'm gonna let some other people argue this for me. I must be in Mars or something.

Funny, because I just went and checked PFF where they track every single play. Doss has zero drops this preseason and zero drops last postseason. Guess I'm right.

[SeaHawk]

Funny, because I just went and checked PFF where they track every single play. Doss has zero drops this preseason and zero drops last postseason. Guess I'm right.

 

How in the world can you say that?? He dropped a ton of passes against the Colts last year. As a matter of fact, several people said that he dropped at least 2 passes, both of which were in the end zone for a possible TD. Someone with excellent hands never does that.

[SeaHawk]

Make no mistake, Doss sucks as a receiver. Sucks harder than a Hoover. But we need a backup KR/PR and he's a WR who knows the offense.

 

Is it just me, or did Doss drop several passes against the Colts last year?

[gabefergy]

How in the world can you say that?? He dropped a ton of passes against the Colts last year.

Nope. Zero drops. Passes have to be catchable to be considered drops.

[gabefergy]

Is it just me, or did Doss drop several passes against the Colts last year?

I just told you a Completely unbiased company whose only job it us to track every single play charted zero drops for Doss.

[SeaHawk]

Gabe, this article clearly shows the two dropped passes: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-01-07/sports/bal-tandon-doss-takes-blame-for-dropped-balls-in-end-zone-20130107_1_tandon-doss-joe-flacco-receiver

[ratedr]

Doss clearly dropped some passes. PFF is trash.

[SeaHawk]

Doss clearly dropped some passes. PFF is trash.

 

LOL I just tried looking for his stats on PFF and I found absolutely nothing regarding a dropped passes category. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong spot. Possible.

[gabefergy]

LOL I just tried looking for his stats on PFF and I found absolutely nothing regarding a dropped passes category. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong spot. Possible.

You have to have a membership.

[Ravenseconbeast]

No to doss. If we want to get this mess out, we need a legitimate receiver. We need another option than recycling trash.

[SeaHawk]

You have to have a membership.

 

Oh, so we're going to just take your word for it then, right? No bias at play at all... there wasn't an interview with Doss talking about his dropped passes, and there wasn't an article devoted to the dropped passes.

[JoeyFlex5]

I prefer LQ over Doss...that's probably just me though

i prefer LQ over trawick, thats for sure.. and to think, we cut LQ to give a roster spot to trawick to play special teams.. cut our best ST player, for a guy who runs into jacoby and hurts him.

that was the play jacoby was hurt on correct?

[gabefergy]

Oh, so we're going to just take your word for it then, right? No bias at play at all... there wasn't an interview with Doss talking about his dropped passes, and there wasn't an article devoted to the dropped passes.

Yeah...I'm making it up lol. Of course he is going to say he should make those catches but neither were drops. They were highlight reel catches if he makes them.

[ratedr]

i prefer LQ over trawick, thats for sure.. and to think, we cut LQ to give a roster spot to trawick to play special teams.. cut our best ST player, for a guy who runs into jacoby and hurts him.

that was the play jacoby was hurt on correct?

Yup.

But Laquan is injured, I think that's part of why he was cut.

[Alexir]

Funny, because I just went and checked PFF where they track every single play. Doss has zero drops this preseason and zero drops last postseason. Guess I'm right.

Wonder why he's a free agent