For All The "I Dont Understand Why We Need Another Small WR" Posters...

Brees' top pass catchers for the past decade have been Colston and Graham. One is gone and one is on his last legs.

I'm fine with Dorsett but we still need a big body guy

Love Dorsett but 31 might be a bit rich for my blood. I think Agholor is a better all around guy than Dorsett if we went wr at 31.

The smaller WR's could actually have an advantage. With the move to big CB's to counter the recent trend of big WRs coming out, the small/quick WRs will have an advantage in breaking free of their coverage. While I still think we need some big bodies on the team, I can see how having smaller guys will benefit us. I didn't watch the video so maybe this was covered.

I also just posted a list of the receiver "types" in another that helps explain why a speedster this year makes more sense than a big guy. We can get a big guy next year unless Coop or White or maybe even Parker falls to us.

Big guys we have: Colston, Toon, Coleman, Jones, Watson, Hill

Speedsters we have: Cooks, Saunders, Morgan, and maybe count Spiller

Clearly we have more capable big bodied guys with only one proven speedster and another guy that will only be a part time receiver, with the other two being question marks.

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how often was it our goal line play "throw it up to jimmy on sideline"

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Because it worked 95% of the time. It used to be throw it up to Colston and that worked about 85% of the time. And Bush/Sproles we're pretty money on goal line routes and we have a new back in that vein.

Add in our other big guys and we have options.

So unless there is a 6'7" receiver worthy of a late first through second round pick I don't know about I'm not sure what point you're making.

If Parker is available at 13 we should take him.

Didn't the Pats win the super bowl with 2 5'-11" starting WRs last year? Colston can be as good as Lefell.

Another write up from SB Nation

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NFL teams lust after tall receivers, right? Wrong! While it may be true they attract attention in the lead up to the NFL Draft in any given year, the great, tall receivers are relatively rare finds. Enamored with finding the next Calvin Johnson, teams and fans alike comb through college prospects, and their eyes fix quickly to any wide receiver with 6'4" in the measurable-s line. Yet, in the current top receivers ranking at NFL.com, nine of the Top 20 are 6'1" or under in height. Whether this has to do with the aforementioned rarity of speedy, big receivers, I really don't know. Since 2007, the receiver with the most catches is 5'9" Wes Welker (703). Calvin Johnson - over the same time period - had 509 receptions. But it's yardage that's the thing, you say? Hmm... Well, Megatron has a slight edge, with 8,148 receiving yards, versus Welker's 7,774. The area where the big, tall receivers have an undeniable edge is in touchdowns. Johnson's 58 dwarfs (no pun intended) the 5'9" Welker's 45 touchdowns. Tall guys in the red zone are handy to have, but that's really the only area that screams advantage to me.

The world of the NFL wide receiver is in its heyday. Pass-happy offenses are flinging the ball around in record numbers. The trend toward finding tall, fast, lanky receivers with great hands is undeniable, but it doesn't tell the whole story. "Smallish" wide receivers are making their mark like never before. With the defensive trend toward huge corner backs to counter these fleet giants sprinting down the field, the opportunities for small, lightning quick receivers are exploding. New England's Bill Belichick has known for some time, that the right size mix can vex opposing defenses. What's more, quarterbacks who possess the small receiver option are inherently more successful than those who don't. Matt Stafford has some great statistics, but little post season success to show for all the times he's thrown to Johnson. This season, if you asked Tom Brady who he misses most, it would no doubt be the reliable Welker, or an un-injured Danny Amendola. It's about having that one weapon available flitting around underneath coverage, or flashing out to the sidelines in a key moment.

One of the least heralded weapons for Drew Brees these last couple years has been the diminutive Lance Moore. In 2012, he quietly accounted for 20-ish% (1,041 receiving yards) of Drew Brees' 5,177 passing yards. On teams with fewer offensive weapons - like the St. Louis Rams in 2012 - small receivers represent an even more important role as "safety blankets", like Danny Amendola did for Sam Bradford. Now with New England, Amendola accounted for just shy of 20% of Bradford's total passing yards.

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Couple years old but it makes the point

Watson is unproven?

And Hill has shown flashes as has Toon. Jones and Coleman both have decent potential but I'll agree they may never pan out.

On the flipside, Saunders had one catch and Morgan can't stay out of trouble. That leaves Cooks as our only full time speedster.

Speed is a MUCH greater need this year. Next year IF Colston goes size will be a need. This year it is not.

And I'm not saying avoid it, but it has to be value and the late first to second round big guys aren't as good as the speedsters in that range, which conveniently is the bigger currently need for us.