Re: Burner's Burning Questions: Free Agency, Mocks, Camps, OTAs, Roster Predictions,
Burner's Burning Questions: Free Agency, Mocks, Camps, OTAs, Roster Predictions, 2019
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OTAs, mini-camp, rookie camp, and the draft have passed into the history books. Training camp will be here in four weeks. We'll continue to cover it all and give everyone at BGO the best coverage possible.
BBQ continues our off-season evaluations and today we will take a look at the wide receivers. Feel free to scroll back in this off-season blog and see what we have said about free agency, the draft, and take a look at what your fellow Redskins think of the team transactions over the last several months. BBQ will continue to take a look at each position and provide analysis over the next few weeks. Feel free to offer your own analysis as we go along.
- Days until Training Camp: 31
- Days until the first preseason game: 45
- Days until the Regular Season Opener (Eagles): 76
- Days until the Cowboys game: 83
- Days until the Giants game: 104
Let's get right to it!
Wide Receivers:
Paul Richardson
Paul Richardson is not a true number one receiver, but he is a solid player who should have a good season - if he remains healthy. Having a year's worth of experience in a new system should help as well and his production will likely increase. Richardson can also be something of a positive mentor to the younger receivers. BBQ forecasts 55 receptions for 725 yards and three touchdowns.
Josh Doctson
Years from now, Redskins fans and pundits will talk about the potential of Josh Doctson and what he could've been in a Redskins uniform. He will join other potential stars that never lived up to the billing. Michael Westbrook. Rod Gardner. Devin Thomas. Malcolm Kelly. Desmond Howard. Albert Connell. This is painful, isn't it? Doctson has one final chance to have a good season. Don't count on it. BBQ forecasts 35 receptions for 310 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Terry McLaurin
Terry McLaurin will become the receiver that coaches and fans wanted to see with Josh Doctson and Leonard Hankerson. He should have a good first season and will likely have a breakout season in 2020. McLaurin possesses the qualities that you want in a talented receiver – speed, solid routes, excellent hands/concentration, humble attitude, football smarts, blocking skills, team first player, never quits on a play. BBQ forecasts 50 catches for 580 yards and six touchdowns.
Trey Quinn
The fan favorite will try to stay injury free in his second season and take over the slot role. Quinn has been superb in OTAs and mini camp this off-season and the coaches are encouraged with his progress. Coaches believe he can be better than Jamison Crowder in the slot and have faith in his abilities to prove them right. BBQ forecasts 60 receptions for 710 yards and five touchdowns.
Cam Sims
Cam Sims was likely heading to the practice squad until he had a solid, eye-opening mini-camp and an equally impressive set of OTAs. If he can duplicate this output in training camp and the preseason games, then Sims will be on the roster of fifty-three. He would continue to see little action on game days and it wouldn't be a surprise if his status is inactive as a healthy scratch for much of the season. BBQ forecasts 7 receptions for 85 yards and no touchdowns.
Kelvin Harmon
In a draft loaded with quality wide receivers two months ago, Kelvin Harmon was widely expected to be a second round selection, but the Redskins were able to orchestrate a major steal and snatch him in the sixth round. Can he live up to the original hype or will the precipitous drop in the draft prove to be an accurate statement from the league's thirty-two teams? Perhaps the answer is somewhere in the middle, but Harmon seems determined to prove the doubters wrong. He produced a determined effort in OTAs, mini camp, and rookie camp. The early reports point in a very positive direction. BBQ forecasts 35 receptions for 440 yards and three touchdowns.
Jehu Chesson
Jehu Chesson is on this list for one reason – his stellar special teams play and he has a good chance of making the roster of fifty-three. BBQ forecasts 3 receptions for 15 yards and one surprise touchdown.
Others
There are several receivers who will be nothing more than camp bodies, but there are a few who are still hoping to take a longshot opportunity and secure a place on the roster. They include Robert Davis, Brian Quick, and Darvin Kidsey.
There is our latest look at roster position evaluations this off-season. We will feature another position later this week.