Nelson given permission to seek trade

dJ has the quickness off the snap, just like AB. He gets open quickly. Both did. That's what they use as opposed to long speed. Washington if you notice can out muscle defenders because he has too. They are usually close. He or juju or claypool have the quickness dj has off the line. That's why the ball gets there fast. He's open fast. Small window in the pros. What is covered in college is open in the nfl.

 

Yeah I don't see it looking at his target percentage.

He's simply underutilized. When he has been thrown to he has shown up.

They're not utilizing him enough

 

I don't always agree with Glenn, but when I do I prefer...(actually I prefer Corona)

Where was I going with this? Oh yeah. The fact that no one even offered a 7th round pick for him pretty much proves Glenn correct

 

I didn’t necessarily mean that in a bad way.

 

It's alright...I just like fool around

 

No worries on my end brother.

 

Hell with target. He hardly was on the field.

 

Alas, he should've been

 

Again it comes back to Fichtner not utilizing his players to the best of their abilities. Ben liked that personnel grouping, liked the 3Wr, 1TE, 1rb set and the 4Wr set. They should have been running opposing teams secondaries deep with Washington and Claypool and letting Juju and Dj work the middle or Ebron the seam. Tire them out make them choose single coverage on Claypool and Washington or leave the possession guys to rip holes in their zones. 2 yard dump offs and bubble screens are not the way to go.

 

I blame Ben more than anyone. Ever since Washington was criticized by Ben in 2018, he’s been in Ben’s doghouse. Remember how productive he was when Rudolph and Duck were throwing to him?

https://archive.triblive.com/sports...isberger-calls-out-james-washington-for-drop/

 

Washington doesn’t get open nearly as consistently as Johnson. Washington just doesn’t create separation.

 

I'm so confused. Am I a crumb or a sandwich?

 

You'll be what you're told

 

And if he stays healthy. Depth may be razor thin next season.

 

Not according to this.

https://steelersdepot.com/2020/12/b...es-washington-needs-to-get-on-the-field-more/

 

why offer anything? If any team was interested they knew that the steelers would cut hm. So just wait for him to be cut. I don't think he's gotten much interest at this point but I could be wrong

 

You don't see it because you don't want to see it. The target percentage has nothing to do with my point. The ball doesn't got to Washington as much because he doesn't get open.

 

Fichtner should have, but once it became apparent the line could not hold past 2.3 seconds and Ben's throws of 20 yards were muffins the D simply had to load 8-9 in the box. I agree with you strategy, but you still need the line, a QB able to produce and even a somewhat decent run game to produce on that threat..we had none of the above.

 

I agree with you but to be fair he also isn’t running as many routes or on the field as much. Which could go back to the point he’s not getting open as much thus why he isn’t playing as much.

 

Nah I have no love affair with James Washington. It is your belief that he has been unable to get open with no data to support it.

When plays are drawn up to get him the ball, he's generally delivered. Plays are not being drawn up for him though. He's a 3rd or 4th option after thought. We do see this is the case mostly for Dionte, JuJu, and Ebron.

What we also see is a high drop percentage with two of those.

They simply need to draw up more plays for James Washington.

 

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/2146188/james-washington

As the article says, James Washington was put on the back burner for players like Dionte Johnson and Chase Claypool. With Ebron's focus in offensive gameplan also, the odd man out was James Washington.

With the drops of Dionte becoming more of an issue, James Washington got more playing time and overall delivered although not setting the world on fire. He has a respectable catch percentage though and contends for catches about as good as any of the WR on this roster.

I agree Juju is the most sure handed player on the team. Not as sure about Claypool but he did a good job while in.

My whole point is regarding the WR room not being a needed position to bringing back Schuster. On a budget deal I'm good with it if they don't leave gaping holes elsewhere in the roster.

I don't believe James Washington's really been given a shot and believe it's a waste of a second round pick.

 

This was a Nelson thread......By the way , did he land anywhere yet?? aint heard anything.....

 

The problem I have Blast is like I said there were opportunities to use a 4 WR set where he could have forced more favorable matchups and they simply didn't use them.