I like the guy. He's got great speed. He's faster than any of our receivers except John Ross and would be the fastest player on many teams. He has decent size. He catches the ball. I hope he stays on the roster as a fifth receiver. I wouldn't be surprised to see him overtake Slayton at some point.
Let's hope so. We need all the weapons we can get.
He would be a great compliment to Galloway, Toney, Shep & Slayton when all four are healthy and contributing.
When you are on the fringe you make plays or cut cut—sills.
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make the most of their chances. Some guys have a knack for making plays, he seems to be one of those guys
When you are on the fringe you make plays or cut cut—sills.
Yup that’s the flip side. When a guy like Sills drops the first ball thrown his way, no bueno
Also I did not realize that he was a college teammate of John Ross at Washington
It appears that Pettis was downgraded at the draft due to a serious ankle injury that prohibited his testing prior to the draft
Already a touted route runner, Pettis wants to prove that he's one of the fastest receivers in the draft. While he joked he couldn't top the record 4.22-second 40-yard dash run last year by his former Husky teammate John Ross, Pettis said that when healthy, he can run a 4.37-second 40. That time would have placed him in a tie for the second-fastest 40 among this year's combine WRs.
I also was curious why he was released by the 49er's There is no definitive reason that I could find but I believe that he and Shanahan had issues and Shanahan did not like his practice habits.
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make the most of their chances. Some guys have a knack for making plays, he seems to be one of those guys
When you are on the fringe you make plays or cut cut—sills.
Yup that’s the flip side. When a guy like Sills drops the first ball thrown his way, no bueno
Agree here. Seems like Jones/Pettis has always had a rapport and Pettis knows how to find a hole in the D. He should have been on the roster since W1 not the PS. Should stick around.
Elite athletic ability and #1 WR upside are some awful lofty descriptions.
He caught a TD on a team that has like 9 of them all season, so that buys him some credibility while the team deals with the injuries to that unit.
Anybody know if he is going to be the punt returner now?
That's fair. I think that's true of some of our younger players like Azeez. We'll get a better idea of what we have in a number of players as the season progresses.
I agree with HJ45 re Shepard. He's just not a difference maker.
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Golladay, Toney, Shep, Slayton, Ross, Pettis. Slayton isn't long for this team IMO.
Shepard at his salary is the one not long for this roster. He's a wide receiver that posts mediocre tight end numbers at $9 million a year.
Shep just got restructured. He's sticking around.
I agree with HJ45 re Shepard. He's just not a difference maker.
That depends. If he's going against a team's #1 or #2 CB, maybe not, but if you have a full allotment of WR's, he's going to beat a 3rd or 4th CB more often than not.
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Pettis the baseball player.
I agree with HJ45 re Shepard. He's just not a difference maker.
That depends. If he's going against a team's #1 or #2 CB, maybe not, but if you have a full allotment of WR's, he's going to beat a 3rd or 4th CB more often than not.
true but you don't pay a guy like that $9million
Clearly the offense is at its best when he's hopping around like the Energizer Bunny even though he's too injured to play.
That's neither here nor there, but it's tough to watch a guy jump around on the sidelines while being ruled out for injury.
It seems true that Shanahan develops these snap biases against players. It happened with Pettis and this year it seems to be happening with both Aiyuk and Trey Sermon. It might be personal. It's hard to say. But Shanny will quit on talent.
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Pettis the baseball player.
I agree with HJ45 re Shepard. He's just not a difference maker.
That depends. If he's going against a team's #1 or #2 CB, maybe not, but if you have a full allotment of WR's, he's going to beat a 3rd or 4th CB more often than not.
true but you don't pay a guy like that $9million
My mistake, thought we were talking about Pettis.
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that's what I sensed from Shanahan.
It seems true that Shanahan develops these snap biases against players. It happened with Pettis and this year it seems to be happening with both Aiyuk and Trey Sermon. It might be personal. It's hard to say. But Shanny will quit on talent.
I do agree with you.
It had to be, as he had a decent rookie season and showed some talent and then they cut him in November of his 3rd year, a campaign in SF that saw him get 4 targets. That's a little quick to give up on the 44th pick in he draft. Shanahan can be a bit of a hard ass, but something happened. The NFL is filled with successful reclamation projects so maybe the Giants can catch lightning in a bottle here. It would be a lot better if he was an OL or DL, but they'll take what they can get.
Or do I have the wrong receivers?
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that's what I sensed from Shanahan.
It seems true that Shanahan develops these snap biases against players. It happened with Pettis and this year it seems to be happening with both Aiyuk and Trey Sermon. It might be personal. It's hard to say. But Shanny will quit on talent.
Yeah, that's not an unfair statement to make.
Right before Garoppolo went down with the ACL, he and Pettis were connecting quite a bit. Pettis looked like a bonafide star in the making those first few weeks. Even the remainder of that 2018 season he was making a lot of plays with Mullens.
It's really hard to figure out how these guys fall off after strong starts.
Pettis was a healthy scratch for the Super Bowl, which is pretty out there given his draft stock.
He admitted last offseason he didn't work as hard as he could have, but then it still didn't change much over the course of the season.
If you really want to know how good he is, try and figure out where he was on the Steelers' draft board. Those guys know everything about how to draft a day 1 ready WR. Unreal.