McCardell takes on task of developing Devin Thomas, Malcolm Kelly

Either the guys can play or they can't. Too much is being made about the coaching. Hixon may or may not have been a good wr's coach. We don't know cause we're not inside the building. It didn't matter who coached Art Monk and Gary Clark cause they were ballers.

I'm sure coaching helps. Just a crazy thought.

Of course coaching helps but it seems to me that Malcom Kelly just isn't an NFL caliber WR. The guy has done nothing in two years. Is KM suppose to waive a magic wan and all of sudden get production out of these two guys?? KM has an uphill battle working with this group.

I realize that KM wasn't a 2nd round pick, but considering he did basically nothing his first 3 years in the league before he took off I would assume he, more than anyone, would understand 2 years is too soon to write Kelly or DT off

I realize that KM wasn't a 2nd round pick, but considering he did basically nothing his first 3 years in the league before he took off I would assume he, more than anyone, would understand 2 years is too soon to write Kelly or DT off

Yeah, history shows that most WRs bloom in their 3rd year.

Of course coaching helps but it seems to me that Malcom Kelly just isn't an NFL caliber WR. The guy has done nothing in two years. Is KM suppose to waive a magic wan and all of sudden get production out of these two guys?? KM has an uphill battle working with this group.

coaching helps alot especially in the early years at wide receiver, there are a lot of tricks to running an effective route in the nfl. at high school and college levels you can just run faster, but in the nfl evryone is fast. so perfect route running to give you that extra 2 feet before the side lines on a out pattern on 3rd down is very crucial. hopefully they(dt, mk, and mm) will all develop this year and grow into a great young threesome of wr's for years to come

I have to agree with Skinsfan69, coaching can only take you so far. You still have to go out on the field and physically make plays. First Kelly and Thomas showed up to their first training camp out of shape and failed the fitness tests. Then they got injured and missed time.
I hope DT and MK become HOF'ers, I really do. I want them to be successful. But we have to move on if they do not show improvement and production this year.
Being tall and fast does not mean you are an NFL WR.
I don't care if Vince Lombardi came back to life and coached them, they still have to go out make plays.

I'm not sold that the three WR we drafted under Cerrato will be on the roster. This off season is so different than what I'm used to. I wanted us to ditch a WR to bring McCardell back. I'm more than exited that he's going to be the WR coach. The man always struck me as a no nonsense strait up dude. I liked him as a player and a man, and I have the feeling that I'll like him as a coach. I'd take McCardell at WR over Moss everyday of the week. What about Thrash? Has he moved on to coaching with another team?

I realize that KM wasn't a 2nd round pick, but considering he did basically nothing his first 3 years in the league before he took off I would assume he, more than anyone, would understand 2 years is too soon to write Kelly or DT off

That is what a ton of folks said about JC or Ramsey also( too early to write them off). I think they are going to improve vastly this season, but Skinsfan is right to a degree. The guys have it or they don't. Zorn sucked as a HC, but he was a decent QB coach, and did nothing for JC, neither did Gibbs for that matter. Not because the coaches were necessarily bad, it was JC just couldn't break bad habits, etc. With the new offense given to them by Kyle, if those guys don't improve at all, with McNabb passing to them, then I think folks will be justified in starting to think our newbie WRs might by busts. The main excuses last season were the horrid system and the QB. Both problems have been dealt with and corrected. I am not expecting Desean Jackson and Maclin type stuff necessarily( although that would kick ass!), but a significant increase in the stats should be expected.

It will be interesting to witness what hindsight will reveal if/when the young receivers step to the forefront and have productive seasons. Will their success be attributed to McNabb being added, coaching, or just the players themselves making a concentrated effort to get better at what they do?.....Or will it be a combination of all the above, or something else?

Have to be a combo Longtime. The system sucked and the QB while improved, still wasn't all pro material like Donovan.