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Earlier this year, former NFL executive Mike Lombardi exposed the Richard Sherman trade chatter, and Lombardi was accurate. One out of two ain’t bad.

Lombardi now says that “Miami will listen to offers on Jarvis Landry and seriously listen.”

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Dolphins are not listening to trade offers, and that the suggestion is “zero percent” accurate.

A team last inquired about Landry in the spring. The talks never went anywhere, because the Dolphins want to keep Landry around.

Regardless of whether the Dolphins would listen (they won’t), the question becomes which team in its right mind would try to trade for Landry two weeks before Week One? When the Rams acquired receiver Sammy Watkins more than two weeks ago, the Rams knew they had limited time to get Watkins up to speed. With less than two weeks to get Landry comfortable with the playbook, the play calls, the audibles, his quarterback, his other receivers, the coaches, etc., there would be limited value for 2017.

Then there’s the reality that Landry is in a contract year. So a team that trades for him now would be getting a potential one-year rental, unless they manage to sign him to a long-term deal or apply the franchise tag.

J/c

I think Britt and Coleman will be 1,000 yard receivers.

I think Britt will have 1,000 receiving yards

I think Coleman will have 1,000 receiving yards

That's bold my man .. Ill give you props if it happens

1. Offenses featured three-plus receivers on 66 percent of all plays.
The evolution of the pro game toward a more college-spread style system isn’t slowing down. Per the Football Outsiders Almanac, NFL teams ran 66 percent of their total plays with three or more receivers on the field, up 6 percentage points from 2015 and 15 percentage points from 2010. “11 personnel” (three receivers, one tight end, one back) remains far and away the favorite personnel grouping leaguewide, and as FO’s Brian Knowles wrote in June, “If you don't have a third receiver who you trust to play 400 snaps, you're not playing modern football.”


With three (or more) receivers on the field, offenses can stretch the field both horizontally and vertically, which spreads a defense thin. It’s hugely beneficial for the passing game, of course, as more pass-catching options allow the quarterback to quickly and efficiently identify coverage and get rid of the ball. The extra space this creates helps in the run game, too. Defenses are not only more spread out, but they must send out smaller, quicker defensive backs to account for those third and fourth receivers in coverage, which gives offensive linemen and tight ends smaller targets to block.

This sea change isn’t happening just because coaches think the college game is fun or cool—teams are spreading the field more because, well, it works. Per Knowles, 30 of the league’s 32 teams had a higher play-to-play efficiency (as measured by DVOA) in 11 personnel than they did (on average) overall. “It's not just slight increases, either,” he said. “Twenty-three of them saw their DVOA go up five or more points when they went three wide.”

As long as they keep working so well, don’t expect three-receiver sets to go anywhere. It won’t happen everywhere, but we could start to see more teams take after last year’s Giants offense, which ran 11 personnel on more than 90 percent of its plays.

I'd guess Duke?

That's scary. I think he can potentially do well, but he has never had that role before. His usage is something I am looking forward to seeing this year. We should be able to be pretty creative if he and Crowell are on the field at the same time.

I'd guess Duke?

the Browns have a biblical amount of draft picks

we could always just use our first ten picks on WR's next year and see who shakes out

I guess this should have been in purple ...

we could always just use our first ten picks on WR's next year and see who shakes out

I guess this should have been in purple ...

Kearse is a decent WR and would be an upgrade. He's a pretty big guy who is powerful, runs well after the catch, and can catch the ball in traffic. His problem is inconsistent hands and doesn't possess top-end speed.

I wouldn't mind getting him here, though. Maybe we can trade Erving for him because Seattle's OL stinks. Oh, wait!

The way leslie has played, he may actually be our #3.

Saturday will be interesting.

yeah, it seems like we have a tough call at WR ... nobody here, besides COleman, should feel safe right now

If it were me, I'd keep:

Coleman
Leslie
Hall
Payton
Louis

And then pick up one more off of cuts

Saturday will be interesting.