re: Here's to hoping we see more of Stephen Sullivan

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Baker was one of the top corners in college football last year. The average SEC corner isn't near as good as he is.

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Absolutely agree, but I couldn’t pass up giving the exact answer to your question

But my main point is that Sullivan doesn’t have the agility and explosiveness to beat corners 1v1 the same way Chase can, so using his size requires a perfect throw on those types of balls to get it where only he can reach. Chase can win with his feet and hands and time his jump to make plays on more contested balls. Sullivan’s big body is an asset over the middle even more than it is on the outside.

ETA: But with our established wideouts now, you could probably line Sully up at TE and then motion him out and get a LB or at worst a safety on him 1v1 while the corners take away Chase, Jefferson, and Marshall. So that would certainly be favorable on the outside.