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In terms of offseason planning and the way forward, I don't think the two of them are compatible, plain and simple.
Schotty is best served with big WRs who can win one on one matchups in a power offense. My reasoning in making that claim is he is not savvy at utilizing formations, pre-snap movement, etc to dictate to the defense and get the desired effects, and that minimizes the impact of a player like Tavon Austin.
Some of you I am sure will say that Tavon has no value, or little value league-wide for trade purposes. But I do not feel that is the case. Fact is teams still key on him like crazy defensively. They're still terrified of his big play ability from the games he blew up defense on only a few occasions last year. That tells me there is probably a team that will allow the Rams to recoup some of the draft value they spent on him IF they plan on keeping Schotty around next year.
So yeah. I know the offseason is a ways off and things can change. Tavon starts going off consistently then obviously I rethink that strategy. But from where I'm sitting right now Snead and Fish have a big decision to make, as it's not a good organizational direction to have a talent like Tavon running bubble screens and quick curls. They're gonna have to have a push to move forward even if it means moving Tavon to a team that will value and utilize him.
Schotty is best served with big WRs who can win one on one matchups in a power offense. My reasoning in making that claim is he is not savvy at utilizing formations, pre-snap movement, etc to dictate to the defense and get the desired effects, and that minimizes the impact of a player like Tavon Austin.
Some of you I am sure will say that Tavon has no value, or little value league-wide for trade purposes. But I do not feel that is the case. Fact is teams still key on him like crazy defensively. They're still terrified of his big play ability from the games he blew up defense on only a few occasions last year. That tells me there is probably a team that will allow the Rams to recoup some of the draft value they spent on him IF they plan on keeping Schotty around next year.
So yeah. I know the offseason is a ways off and things can change. Tavon starts going off consistently then obviously I rethink that strategy. But from where I'm sitting right now Snead and Fish have a big decision to make, as it's not a good organizational direction to have a talent like Tavon running bubble screens and quick curls. They're gonna have to have a push to move forward even if it means moving Tavon to a team that will value and utilize him.