Oldnotdead has thoughts on the Woods vs Jefferson trade conundrum…

Here’s oldnotdead…

When talking about Van Jefferson, people discount the difficulty in playing new positions in the NFL. X, Y, Z all have nuances to their route trees that must be mastered. When Woods went down Van was thrust into playing Robert's role. IMO he did it well. Getting over 800 yards in a season is nothing to discount. Now add in a new QB and things are subtly different again.

With the acquisition of OBJ the situation stabilized once again. Before the season people asked who was the deep threat, as they simply discounted Jefferson's ability to get deep. For most of the season, he was the Ram's deep threat. He was a second year player who became a starter and delivered. He's young and still developing. Defenses discount him at their peril.

Robert Woods for the first 5 years of his career never broke 800 yards in the season. Robert Woods only recorded 6 TDs in two seasons of his career. Woods is the definition of a possession WR. Van Jefferson produced more yards and TDs in his second year than Robert Woods has in the bulk of his career. Woods will be 30 this year. So who would they trade? The Rams want to build the team not tear it apart. This year the Rams potentially can have 3 WRs producing over 1000 yds each. If they stay healthy, Kupp, Robinson and Jefferson can be as good as any 3 WRs on a team as any in the NFL.

When you break down Robinson's role in Chicago he's very comparable to Woods. Many compare him to being a Jordy Nelson kind of player.