Who's The Number 2 Starting Wide Receiver For The Bills In 2015?

[BillsImpossible]

Sammy Watkins is the uno, who's the dos?

Percy Harvin?

Robert Woods?

Chris Hogan?

Dezmin Lewis?

The slot (3rd) wide receiver doesn't see a lot of time in Greg Roman's offense.

His power run heavy offense usually has an extra tight end on the field instead of a slot receiver.

Who wins the competition?

My money is on Woods.

[YardRat]

Mine also.

[ParanoidAndroid]

Woods.

[Meathead]

who else could it possibly be?

harvin has a ton of ground to catch up to where woods is as a wr professional and would need either a miraculous start or injury to woods to get the job

nobody else is even close

[Topas]

Goodwin.








Just kidding, guys.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

who else could it possibly be?

harvin has a ton of ground to catch up to where woods is as a wr professional and would need either a miraculous start or injury to woods to get the job

nobody else is even close

Woods is a promising possession wideout, but he's the one that needs to keep developing. Harvin is a knucklehead and an injury risk, but the guy is really, really good when his head is on straight.

That said, Woods' game is better suited to be the flanker wideout so I think he'll see more snaps in Roman's offense.

[Famous Amos]

Number two, as, who is going to have the second most targets or receptions? I think it all depends on how they utilize Sammy Watkins. Everyone knows and believes he is the de facto number one WR but I have an awful feeling that with the run heavy offense prescribed by Greg Roman and the question mark at QB, we may not get to see the full potential of Sammy Watkins reached in the Bills offense. His skills and abilities might work against him. If they use him as a deep threat, he won't see the ball as often as say, Bob Woods, who will run the shorter routes and find soft spots behind the line backers. Both EJ and Cassell have terrible accuracy on long throws. Additionally, EJ has difficulty leading a WR, which would compliment Sammy's game.

I'm gonna make a bold prediction because it's summer time and why not, Watkins will be the #2.

[casdhf]

Why is Dezmin Lewis is even on this list? I vote him.

[Night Train]

Until Wadkins is healthy, Woods is our #1 WR.

He runs great routes and has hands of glue. He'd be a star on a team with an actual QB.

[elroy16]

Number two, as, who is going to have the second most targets or receptions? I think it all depends on how they utilize Sammy Watkins. Everyone knows and believes he is the de facto number one WR but I have an awful feeling that with the run heavy offense prescribed by Greg Roman and the question mark at QB, we may not get to see the full potential of Sammy Watkins reached in the Bills offense. His skills and abilities might work against him. If they use him as a deep threat, he won't see the ball as often as say, Bob Woods, who will run the shorter routes and find soft spots behind the line backers. Both EJ and Cassell have terrible accuracy on long throws. Additionally, EJ has difficulty leading a WR, which would compliment Sammy's game.

I'm gonna make a bold prediction because it's summer time and why not, Watkins will be the #2.



I see your point and think it's a valid point, but I respectfully disagree. I think they're going to find a ton of ways to find Sammy the ball. WR screens, quick slants, deep balls, intermediate routes, etc. Sammy has an incredible work ethic and will be able to run any route. He's the most explosive WR on the team and needs the ball a lot. Percy, Clay, and Woods are all good enough to stretch the field and open up intermediate routes. I don't think Sammy will be immune to playing that role, but it won't be his primary role, thus allowing Woods to be the team leader in catches.

I think you're right in that Robert is going to get a ton of balls thrown to him as well. He's very good at running intermediate routes and I think is underrated in his YAC ability.

It'll be interesting to see the catch totals between Sammy, Woods, Harvin, Clay, McCoy, Hogan, and everyone else.

[ParanoidAndroid]

Woods is also a nasty blocker. Dude is a football player, straight up.

[Famous Amos]

I see your point and think it's a valid point, but I respectfully disagree. I think they're going to find a ton of ways to find Sammy the ball. WR screens, quick slants, deep balls, intermediate routes, etc. Sammy has an incredible work ethic and will be able to run any route. He's the most explosive WR on the team and needs the ball a lot. Percy, Clay, and Woods are all good enough to stretch the field and open up intermediate routes. I don't think Sammy will be immune to playing that role, but it won't be his primary role, thus allowing Woods to be the team leader in catches.

I think you're right in that Robert is going to get a ton of balls thrown to him as well. He's very good at running intermediate routes and I think is underrated in his YAC ability.

It'll be interesting to see the catch totals between Sammy, Woods, Harvin, Clay, McCoy, Hogan, and everyone else.

Gotcha, good points all around. In the same way Marrone and Co. couldn't get Spiller the ball, I think Ryan and Roman will have the same difficulty in getting Watkins the ball. So in a round about way, my point is not critiquing or criticizing Watkins' game, but more so the coaching staff's inability to take advantage of him.

Hell, I could be wrong and Watkins could light defenses' asses on fire. And I'm basing my opinion on last year, which was Hackett's miserable offense.

Consider that there are a ton of options available for whoever is QB. If we have Manuel or Taylor back there, they are most likely going to the well that gets them the most water. That could be Fred Jackson or McCoy out of the backfield, Bob Woods sitting behind the linebackers, Clay doing his thing or whatevs.

If it is Watkins, he's gonna have to be utilized closer to the LOS on bubble screens, pick plays, etc.

[Famous Amos]

Woods is also a nasty blocker. Dude is a football player, straight up.

Going against my point, too, a knock against Woods is that he tends to disappear for a quarter or two at a time. If he's going to ascend to the Number 1 spot, he needs to be a consistent threat and show up for all 4 quarters, not just when he wants to.

[Famous Amos]

Sammy Watkins is the uno, who's the dos?

Percy Harvin?

Robert Woods?

Chris Hogan?

Dezmin Lewis?

The slot (3rd) wide receiver doesn't see a lot of time in Greg Roman's offense.

His power run heavy offense usually has an extra tight end on the field instead of a slot receiver.

Who wins the competition?

My money is on Woods.

What is a Dezmin Lewis?

[Meathead]

woods is a man. hes a professional. it was that way when he first stepped on one bills drive. percy is a boy. percy should strive to be the man woods is. woods will be still playing in the nfl when percy gets busted for smacking around his great grand babys baby mama. which actually could be in a season or two so bad example

[Meathead]

by all accounts so far, percy is saying all the right things. i hope hes sincere, sure would be awesome to see him transform into a man and a professional right before our eyes. he certainly appears to have more explosive upside than woods

[BillsImpossible]

What is a Dezmin Lewis?

I had to toss in a wild card. He's a 7th rounder with good size and speed.

Stevie Johnson was a 7th rounder too, so you never know.

At 6'4 and 214 lbs, Lewis has the kind of size that Harvin and Woods don't have.

[Forward_Lateral]

Woods. He's the best route runner and possession receiver on the team, and he's the best blocking WR, by a mile. Possibly top 10 in the league blocking wise.

[Jaybird]

Depends on QB. Ej has a repor with woods

[swiper]

Woods - the most under-rated player on the team.

[Mouldsie]

It's a good thing we don't have any 3 time 1000 yard WR's on the team

[sudzy]

They could have traded Woods to Philly instead of Kiko. The fact they didn't tells me someone at OBD thinks a lot of Woods.

[Edward Robinson]

Woods should be the number 2 receiver next year but based upon what Rex/Roman wants to do on offense, they really want harvin on the field so that way if the safteies cheat down then they got 2 deep threats. In 3 receiver sets then they may move Harvin inside to the slot and then have Woods play in the Z spot

[JPPT1974]

Woods is underrated but when on he can shine.

[Victor7]

Woods.

Harvin is injury prone and mostly just a fast dude. More athlete than actual WR IMO.

Why is Lewis on that list ? I think I have a better shot at getting funky with Kate Upton than him making the team.

[swiper]

Somewhere Kate Upton is laughing hysterically and she doesn't know why.

[BillsImpossible]

Woods.

Harvin is injury prone and mostly just a fast dude. More athlete than actual WR IMO.

Why is Lewis on that list ? I think I have a better shot at getting funky with Kate Upton than him making the team.

Harvin was signed to a 1 year deal. There's a reason why he was only signed to a 1 year deal, kind of like how the Bills signed Spikes last year to a 1 year deal.

Harvin might not make the team. He could get cut, or traded? I think he's too small to be a #2 wide receiver.

Marquise Goodwin has the same speed as Percy Harvin. As the #3 wide receiver that won't see a lot of time in Roman's offense, Harvin might not be worth it if Goodwin can give the Bills the same capabilities.

Why is Dezmin Lewis on the list? Because he has the prototypical size to be a #2 wide receiver in the NFL, and Percy Harvin might not even make the team.

I like Lewis as the backup #2 wide receiver to Robert Woods.

At 6'4 214 lbs, he's got the size, and speed to be a very good player for the Bills.

Some people think Woods is better in the slot because he doesn't have the ideal size to be a #2.

Dezmin Lewis is the biggest wide receiver on the Bills roster.

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