Sentences with phrase «more wideout»

There are three arguments in Burton's favor: he fits a position of need with Zach Miller a free agent and with an injury putting future in question, he worked well with a rookie Carson Wentz (a career - high 37 receptions) in a depleted Philadelphia receiving corps in 2016, and he'll likely play more wideout in Chicago.

Not exact matches

Montgomery started the season as just another wideout for the team, but could find much more success in the ground game.

His one saving grace may be the team's lack of production at wideout; Bryant's 838 receiving yards were nearly 300 more than the team's next - closest contributor.

Tom Brady is a more explosive quarterback than Russell Wilson, and his offensive weapons at tight end and wideout are much stronger.

Pettis» four years at Washington paint him as a more consistent wideout and bigger end zone threat than the former Tennessee receiver.

The Falcons (5 - 9) are struggling with injuries among several key players, but none is more notable than the hip ailment plaguing superstar wideout Julio Jones.

He was a frequent target for quarterback Jake Browning, more than doubling up his team's next closest wideout when it came to receptions in 2017 (63 to 26).

Only two returning wideouts caught more than 10 passes last year — Kamathi Holsey and Jamarl Eiland — and they combined for a dreadful 40 percent catch rate while averaging just 9.8 yards per catch.

Brett Favre takes one more shot, but glory will be elusive unless the line, the back and the wideouts all come through

Add on the fact that star wideout Andre Johnson could return for the first time in over a month and the betting public is pounding Houston on the road, with more than eight out of ten spread bets confident Arian Foster's crew can escape Raymond James Stadium with at least a four point victory.

Only one returning wideout (sophomore slot D'Wayne Eskridge) caught more than 10 passes last year.

The top three wideouts (Sebastian Smith, Jordan Reid, Kyle Belack) are all gone, and the only returnees targeted more than 20 times last year are utility man Papi White (47 carries, 78 targets), tight end Troy Mangen, and sophomore Elijah Ball.

The Rams» Torry Holt caught more passes (117) than Detroit's top three wideouts combined (107).

Amid this chaos, Florida players struggled to cope, and perhaps none was more unnerved than sophomore wideout Carlos Perez, who was hurrying to a speech class that morning when he saw classmates walking toward him.

That's in part because he had more than twice the targets of any other ISU wideout, but mostly because he converted nearly 60 percent of those passes, many of them contested, into catches.

«A lot of big guys can't make that transition» to the more - crowded middle of the field, says Lions wideout Nate Burleson.

If pro teams buy in on his red zone prowess, he won't just be the first Iowa State wideout drafted in more than 30 years — he might be one of the best Cyclones to ever play in the NFL.

From second - yearrunning back Frank Gore (29 carries, 127 yards, one touchdown), newly elevatedto starter, to free agent wideout Antonio Bryant (four receptions, 131 yards, one score) and rookie tight end Vernon Davis, the sixth overall pick in thisyear's draft, the 49ers have given Smith more playmakers.

Then the league switched eras on them, so the Steelers went big - play, Bradshaw throwing to a pair of All - Pro wideouts, John Stallworth and Lynn Swann, and won two more Super Bowls.

Maybe New York is just playing hard - to - get, but I think it's more likely that the new GM and new coach Pat Shurmur are looking for fewer enigmatic, aging wideouts, not just a different one.

5 WIDEOUTS who had more than 1,000 receiving yards as a rookie since 1986 (AnquanBoldin, Michael Clayton, Joey Galloway, Terry Glenn and Randy Moss).

He's probably more like a big wideout, a bigger, faster Tarik Black, I would say.»