I personally think he is faster than the 4.38 40 he ran at the combine. Even Tannehill loved his speed coming in and out of his cuts as well as his ability to go deep. A 16.5 average is very good. Being that he was with Drew Brees should've brought him some attention. He may not get the respect he deserves right now but I believe that will change very soon.

 

It's possible that Stills could be the offense best kept secret.

 

What? No Mike Wallace on that list?? :shifty:

 

I think Tannehill's deep ball numbers to Stills will be at minimum league average. I think just that alone will make us a deadly passing offense (not including Jordan, Parker, jennings and Ajayi working the flat.)

I also think that won't change the anti Tannehill and pro Wallace contingents' opinion.

 

question is whether we will use him the same way we tried to use Wallace or not. Hopefully not. I'd rather see him in a position for the intermediate passes and then use his speed for the long gains ala Jordy Nelson type routes.

 

That would be nice to see them play that way. I would like to see deep every now and then to make it difficult for the defense to target him.

 

well drew brees time with beautiful deep throws are almost over, all the long throws last season the receiver had to wait for it, he still hang his hat on his very accuracy though

 

Wallace vastly improved his short and intermediate game last year. They also have speedy Charles Johnson on the other side. Two viable deep threats on either side, with AP. Something worth keeping an eye on it may be fun to watch.

Not for nothing, PFF has Teddy with the 4th highest adjusted accuracy (accounts for drops) on passes traveling over 20 yards last year. That includes his slow start at the beginning of the year. His deep pass is something Zimmer put an emphasis on. So they're working on it, tailoring the strength program for him to improve his deep throws. He was hitting them quite well at the end of the year (see Jennings TD over Grimes, that was a nice ball).

 

You became quite pro Wallace yourself last year...

I know the "sample size" bs will be the next deflective attempt made by whomever, but how Wallace does is in Minny in regards to the deep ball will make my mind up on the matter. I don't care it's only Bridgewaters second year and Mikes 4th offense in 4 years, those will not be valid excuses this time next year. In 16 games it isn't hard to figure it out.

Odds are they both will improve in that aspect without each other and Logic will tell you it was simply a bad marriage.

 

I do not think Stills will be a focal point. We have 3 better Wrs on the roster, but no denying what Kenny brings to the field in regards to coverages etc.

 

just look at Stills Highlights many throws where Stills had to stop or wait for the ball, i had brees in my fantasy team the last 2 years, lots of throws like this, he is still very accurate though, which still hides his slow decline of arm strength

[video=youtube;-CT91ox3cA8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CT91ox3cA8[/video]

 

I applauded him for playing differently and being tougher.

I still blame him for the majority of the deep ball issues.

 

I'm just hoping they cut down on those WR bubble screens. It killed me knowing they had some decent 1 on 1's last season and threw a bunch of 3 yard screens.

 

Bucky is one of the best in the biz but you can't have a deep threat list w/o Dez, Wallace, Megatron, AJ Green, IMO. Seems more like an "under the radar" deep threat list.

 

Two things from this video:

Kenny is a fighter in the air. That's great.

Ummm, those balls from Brees were on point. Did he have to hold up slightly? Yes. But not long enough to let the DB back in. I saw only one pass the whole video that was underthrown severely.

 

Yeah, he had to slow up for some if those, maybe not the extent that Wallace did...but that could be due to many reasons. Ball coming out sooner, Stills running better routes, better ball placement by Brees...a combination of all those.

 

yeah those passes from Brees were mostly on point.

 

I think Lazor finally has a very good group of players at RB, TE, and WR. I am very excited to see how this offense moves the ball this year. Very important for this Olone to step up and see who the prime time players will be. I am interested to know what real interest we have in Mathis.

 

Yeah, and hearing about guys knowing the playbook and having faster grasp of the offense. Very excited.

 

Just watching that clip above, I'm pretty happy to see how he fight for the ball and how much he seems to be able to concentrate on making the catch. Pretty impressed how he can make those contested catches.