Taylor on offense?!

People typically don't take huge hits in the end zone.

I was going to say the same thing, how many big shots do people typically take in the endzone?

I see him being used primarily as a decoy, and if they do toss it to him it will probably be on some sort of jump ball/fade rather than a route that might expose him to a hit.

My concern is that he can play WR. I don't want him to be exposed the way Champ was. I don't want him to start making plays and then the Skins bring him in and try to get him to make plays all over the field or run reverses to him. That's my main concern.

Not only that, Taylor is an ANIMAL.

Another reason I don't like it is because I don't take this as the coaching staff showing faith in Taylor, I think this is an indictment of the recieving corps. While I like Patten and Moss, they're not great red zone targets, niether is Thrash. I don't think Jacobs and Brown should even be on the team.

Another reason I don't like it is because I don't take this as the coaching staff showing faith in Taylor, I think this is an indictment of the recieving corps. While I like Patten and Moss, they're not great red zone targets, niether is Thrash. I don't think Jacobs and Brown should even be on the team.

I guess that's one way of thinking about it, or you could say it's just another thing for defenses to think about.

The bottom line is Taylor is the most physically gifted player on the team regardless of position. Why not toss him in there inside the 5 and see what happens? All around the league we're seeing more of this kind of thing, teams putting their best athletes in different spots in certain situations. I don't think it's an indictment of that position, it's just taking advantage of using your most talented players.

I truly don't think it's the Skins trying to find another receiving threat so much as it (just as Matty said) something else to give opposing defenses to think about and plan for. Not only that, I bet Taylor can throw a hell of a block on someone.

You can look at it that way too. I'm not denying ST's talent. He's my favorite player on the team, next to Ramsey and maybe he's tied with LA, but I just don't like putting him in on the goal line because I'm afraid he'll start finding the field on offense a lot. If he's only a goal line reciever like Vrabel is to the Pats then that's fine, I still think it makes the other WRs look bad.

You can look at it that way too. I'm not denying ST's talent. He's my favorite player on the team, next to Ramsey and maybe he's tied with LA, but I just don't like putting him in on the goal line because I'm afraid he'll start finding the field on offense a lot. If he's only a goal line reciever like Vrabel is to the Pats then that's fine, I still think it makes the other WRs look bad.

I don't see Taylor getting on the field on offense unless we're inside the 5.

You said it yourself with Vrabel and the Pats, is that an indictment on their WR corps?

People see the Patriots doing that and they say it's brilliant, we're doing it and you're saying it makes the WRs look bad? It it works I don't think anybody is going to care how it looks.

Defenses will treat Taylor one of two ways: He will get too much respect because no one wants to get beat by a part-timer, or he will be ingored as an obvious decoy. Either way, he makes D coordinators think too much.

That's a good point. I don't think our WRs are anywhere near the class of the Pats, but I see what you're saying. I have a big issue with the WRs on this team after number 1 & 2 anyway. So, that's part of the reason I look it at that way. I still think if we had a big target he wouldn't be in there.