Elijhah freaking Badger

So he has not shown that he is elite yet, like I said.

 

Ouch

 

It’s a bit ironic that with all the talent in the state of Florida our best receivers the past two years have been transfers from Arizona state. We just haven’t been able to keep the talent in-state. They all seem to go to Alabama.

 

EJ transferred to Cincinnati for the 2023 season. Not the ASU QB.

 

Why wouldn't they? They're paid well and they win.

 

The OL has actually graded pretty well on the season.

 

This is going to be unpopular, but, Wilson has never overly impressed me. He was simply the shiftiest guy on last year's team. We are now seeing that he can't really compete with more complete receivers. He didn't exactly light the conference on fire last year or anything of any real note. The only catch of his I even remember is the ricochet against SC. I expect him to continue to be passed up by better recruits/transfers and become a role player at most. I won't be upset if he becomes great.

 

He was in no way incredibly elusive. I'm sorry and not to hate on the kid, but, I never saw that.

 

Defenses are keying on Wilson much like what is going on with Higgins and Chase with the Bengals

 

If you go back to my original post I answered this. He was one of the best options we had out of lack of quality options. To have the number of receptions he had with the paltry average of 8.8 yds per catch, in no way shows he was elite last year.

If you want to compare him to an actual elite true freshman, compare him to Ryan Williams from BAmA. His current numbers are 31-649-7tds in 7 games. Those numbers are elite.

He is literally the 3rd best WR on this current team and I am not ready to call the guys in front of him elite yet, but they are better players at this point.

 

He can only catch the balls thrown to him, and most of Mertz passes to Wilson were within 10 yards of the LOS.
Wilson will be a very good slot receiver in the NFL.

 

You're expectations are to the roof.

 

First, let’s be careful with saying who’s “ elite”. Our offense, prior to KY, just wasn’t built to showcase a WR, consistently. Ricky was an outlier.

Wilson is a sophomore with potential. He’s done what a BN designed offense asked him to do, and was effective at it last year.

Before we throw him on the trash heap, because we have two shiny new toys, just remember, he has done what the offense has asked.

Last week was the first game of the BN era that we consistently threatened to throw the ball downfield with DJ. With Mertz, it was closer to the LOS or bubble screens & sweeps. BTW, we also have a couple of other young receivers who have been brought into the offense.

it’s a good problem to have with older receivers stepping up. Let’s not start a negative focus & narrative on Trey.

He doesn’t design the route tree or where he fits into it. We had strange, unexplainable, personnel grouping from the WR & TE all season, until KY. That’s not on the player(s).

I’m interested to see what the offense looks like against GA after the bye week.

There are plays TW can make, it’s up to the offensive staff to figure out the how.

 

Wilson is awesome. We need everybody.

 

I have no expectations of him. He is a good player, but he is not an elite player. He is receiver who averages 8.8 yards a catch.

 

You know, if we just stop using the word elite, we will all probably be in agreement

 

As we all seem to agree that Badger is legit, his numbers at ASU were underwhelming. The offense & QB have a lot to do with WR stats.

While on the field, defenses have to account for TW…. That doesn’t show up in his stats